SHREVEPORT, La. A lot more vehicles from the Shreveport Fire Department s aging fleet are in the shop after one rough weekend. They re scrambling to keep enough fire trucks and ambulances ready to roll.
Administrative Assistant to the Chief Clarence Reese says five more fire trucks and four ambulances have gone out of service since Friday.
Two fire trucks went down at the same time at the same place.
The engine of a nearly 30-year-old fire truck caught fire inside Station 14 on Greenwood Road on Friday. Then, a fire truck that responded from elsewhere to put the flames out, broke down in front of the station. Reese says it was repaired on the street by a mechanic.
At Tuesday s Shreveport City Council meeting, District D Councilman Grayson Boucher seemed to say that the plan to renovate the empty Sears building at Mall St. Vincent into a new headquarters for the Shreveport Police Department is dead.
Boucher, who had been working with a pair of local architects (Brian McNew and Jeff Spikes) about a preliminary renovation plan, told the council, I talked to both.about the Sears building and neither have heard anything from police administration. I m assuming after reading the interview (with SPD Chief Ben Raymond) in The Times that it s probably not an option for us. So, I m not going to go any further with this and waste the architects time, digging into this any more unless the administration tells me (to) move forward.
SHREVEPORT, La. â City Council members postponed a vote on a contract with a Shreveport company to return recycling to the city.
Without discussion, the council was unanimous Tuesday afternoon in taking no action on the proposal from C. Edwards Concepts LLC for curbside recycling. That differs from the July 13 meeting, where there was some debate on the issue.
Business owner Charlette Edwards stands to gain a $10 million contract with the city to resume recycling. Thatâs despite having no experience or equipment.
At least two council members have said publicly they will vote no on Edwardsâ contract. There was no discussion at Tuesdayâs meeting about when the contract will be up for consideration again.
SHREVEPORT, La Keep the closed sign up at the old Sears. That s the message from the Shreveport Police Officers Association on the idea of repurposing the massive vacancy at Mall St. Vincent as a new SPD headquarters.
The head of the union says he s also been hearing lots of opposition from his members. So Michael Carter put out a statement against the move. He says it makes no sense to put $30 million into remodeling a 60-year-old building.
Carter says the SPD needs state of the art facility ready for new technology. Let s put shovels in the dirt and let s build a new building, Carter told KTBS 3 News. Certainly, if you re going to go to the taxpayers, and ask them for tens of millions of dollars, build something worth having. Don t just throw lipstick on an old building, and say hey look, you ve got a new building.