Ninna Lopez demonstrates compassion for animals in need

The Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau released an all-new digital Boom or Bust Byway itinerary with outdoor recreation, back-road eats, must-see attractions and more summer activities along the rural areas of Caddo and Bossier parishes.

Drive a short drive northwest from Shreveport, and you’ll find a land of rolling hills in the heart of Northeast Texas filled with lumber and farming. You’ll also find a land filled with rich economic history as you head north on Highway 271 to Pittsburg, Texas, best known as the home of Pilgrim’s Pride, founded by Lonnie “Bo” Pilgrim in 1946.

It occurs to me, however, that an inherent limiting factor in attempting to share a visit with District 3 Juror Wanda Bennett, administrator Bill Altimus, and engineers Butch Ford and Bruce Easterly is that Bossier Parish residents couldn’t be...

Our most recent conversation centered on transportation issues, and in this area like most of the jury’s undertakings, longrange planning is a keystone of the jury’s consistent progress. We picked up, generally, where we left off in a series of The Forum columns a year ago.