Georges Enterprises has purchased Bossier City-based Harrison Company, a move that will add 50 to 100 jobs and will make it part of a super regional distributorship.

Calumet Shreveport Lubricants and Waxes hopes to grease the skids to help a local woman's championship dreams come true.

Creighton Webb and Keith Harris, both of Fire District 5, and Kenny Fedd, of Sewer District 7, resigned in time for the Monday deadline.

The Shreveport woman accused of firing the fatal shot that took her husband's life on Tuesday is on suicide watch in City Jail.

A 4-year-old child found trying to cross a major Shreveport intersection alone led police to arrest the toddler's cousin. Eighteen-year-old Kimber Moore now faces a charge of child desertion. The little boy was spotted Tuesday and then led police to his home a few blocks away where they found two other children. Police say they found unacceptable conditions and no adult supervision. When Moore returned to the home, police were there waiting for her. Police indicate that Moore said she left the home to go to the store. The children were in a neighbor's care while Child Protective Services investigate.

Bossier sheriff's deputies have arrested a Haughton man in connection with a June 17 slaying.

Bossier Sheriff Larry Deen will roll back the adjusted tax millage rates this year, resulting in a savings of approximately $890,000 to the taxpayers of Bossier Parish. "We are pleased to be able to save Bossier Parish taxpayers almost $900,000," said Deen. "Time and again, they have been there for us when we have, for example, asked for raises for our deputies. This is our way of giving back to them. "In these tough economic times, we are mindful of how hard it is to provide for your family." Deen says rolling back is the right thing to do at a time when taxpayers struggle to meet the rising cost of fuel. The tax millages will be rolled from 5.880 to 5.300 for the operation of the parish jails—the maximum and minimum security facilities—and from 7.630 to 6.870 for operations.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The state's new budget year has begun, but Governor Bobby Jindal is still mulling over which items he will strip from the nearly $30 billion spending plan. The governor has the power to remove projects and spending with his line-item veto. He's threatened to strip individual add-ons from lawmakers if they don't meet certain criteria. Legislators added at least $55 million in local add-ons to the budget, money for festivals, favored organizations and towns and municipalities. Jindal has said the projects must have regional impact, be a state agency priority and have been openly discussed during the legislative session. Proper disclosure forms about the organizations must also have been filed with the House and Senate. The governor has until mid-July to line-item veto projects from the budget.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Louisiana Supreme Court says police may pose as children and young teens on the Internet to hunt for sexual predators. It reinstated charges against 52-year-old Ray Hatton Jr. of Lafayette and sent the case back to district court. State District Judge Wilford Carter threw out charges against in October, saying the law deprived him of his right to due process. Hatton is accused of setting up a date for oral sex with someone he believed was a 14-year-old girl, but was actually an adult police officer. The law allows a defense of consent if a juvenile is at least 16 years old. Carter ruled that letting police pose as younger juveniles denies people that defense.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) _ With 10 vacancies to fill on the 11-member state Ethics Board, Governor Bobby Jindal's office is scrambling to fill the posts at a time when tougher ethics laws are kicking in and enforcement of those laws is about to get tougher. Barry Erwin of the nonpartisan Council for a Better Louisiana, says it could take months to fill all of the posts — and to replace the board's top lawyer, who also resigned recently. The governor's office says the first step is underway: nominees for the board are being sought from a group of Louisiana colleges and university leaders. The board members resigned amid complaints that many of their job duties are to be taken over by administrative law judges.