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- DeSoto Police Jury committee recommends land sale
MANSFIELD - DeSoto police jurors appear poised to follow through with plans to sell acreage at the parish industrial park instead of changing course with lease negotiations.
- Krewe royalty
King XIX: Chris Gilbreth. Queen XIX: Lee McKnight. Duke and Duchess of 'The Pink Panther': Denise and Tony Nations.
- Regional Briefs: Two traffic stops, home search net three drug arrests
The DeSoto sheriff's Directed Patrol Unit and Tri-Parish Drug Task Force recovered a quantity of crack cocaine and marijuana during the traffic stops Friday.
- Grand Cane shows its Christmas spirit
We found the holiday spirit operating and being shared last week as we visited a couple of our smaller communities with Christmas on their minds.
- Regional briefs: Event features parade, food and dancing
HOMER - Works of craftspeople from throughout the world will be on display from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday and Dec.
- Regional Briefs: Tickets on sale for Christmas musical revue
GRAND CANE - Tickets are on sale for BackAlley Community Theater's "'Tis the Season," a musical to be staged at 7 p.m. Saturday.
- A pioneer Christmas
GRAND CANE - Don Bates loves the high and low roads with their ruts and wooden bridges.
- Investigation of insurance agent continues
An insurance agent being investigated in DeSoto Parish this month notified his customers that he is assuming operations of his former national franchise and he apologizes for any inconvenience experienced ...
- Region Briefs: Fundraising dinner planned; donations accepted
STONEWALL -- A fundraising chicken dinner will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Jimmy Granger Ford on U.S. Highway 171 in Stonewall to benefit Calvin Cornet, who is being treated for brain cancer.
- Lincoln Parish man seriously injured in pipeline construction accident
A Lincoln Parish man who was working on a pipeline construction project in north Webster Parish was seriously injured this morning when his clothing got tangled in a road boring machine, Sheriff Gary Sexton ...
- Regional Briefs: East 80 Coalition sets meeting
East 80 Oil and Gas Leasing Coalition LLC will meet from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Friday at Love Chapel United Methodist Church, 4600 U.S. Highway 80 in Haughton, to allow residents of Merrywoods Subdivision and other ...
- Work on Highway 171 in DeSoto Parish on schedule
A massive construction project on one of DeSoto Parish's main highways is closer to completion.
- DeSoto police jurors hear animal shelter proposal
MANSFIELD - An animal shelter can be built in DeSoto Parish conservatively for about $500,000 to $750,000 and take $150,000 to $200,000 annually to operate.
- Stroller
Celebrating a birthday today: ROBERT J. BROWN, 82, of Grand Cane. ... DENNIS BODDIE, 49, of Shreveport.
- Region Briefs: Harvest Day Festival to celebrate heritage
GRAND CANE - The heirs of Felix Johnson Sr. will have a Harvest Day Festival at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Grand Cane Community Center, 459 Highway 3015.
- Regional Briefs: Spay/neuter vouchers available Saturday
Animal Welfare Inc. will hand out spay and neuter vouchers to qualifying pet owners from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Bossier Parish Library, 2206 Beckett St.
- Regional Briefs: Harvest Day Festival to celebrate heritage
GRAND CANE -- Felix Johnson Sr.'s heirs will hold a Harvest Day Festival at 2 p.m. Oct.
- Final weekend for BackAlley production
GRAND CANE - This is the final weekend to catch BackAlley Community Theater's production of "Greater Tuna." The play is at 7 p.m. Friday at the theater and at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Excelsior House Hotel in ...
- Region briefs: Rummage in the Park set for Saturday
GRAND CANE - The Historic Grand Cane Association will hold its Rummage in the Park fundraiser from 7 a.m. to noon Saturday in Village Park.
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City DescriptionGrand Cane is a village in De Soto Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 191 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Shreveport–Bossier City Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Prior to the incorporation of the Village of Grand Cane in 1899, the settlement of four families (Thomas Abington, Israel Rogers, Wright Hobgood, and John Wagner) influenced the development of the area around two wagon trails that intersected in the sparsely populated area known as the Grand Cane Territory. In 1881, Amanda Hobgood (widow of Wright Hobgood) deeded land to the New Orleans & Pacific Railway and had the Village of Grand Cane laid out in lots and streets. By 1899, the Village of Grand Cane was incorporated and the first Mayor was E.R. Fortson. The first Village Councilmen where Paul E. Allen, Loderick Monroe Cook, and Dr. J.B. Johns. The population soon grew to almost 500. As the Village developed, spurred by the railway and the two crossroads (LA Hwys. 171 and 3015), a vigorous business community developed which included seven stores (Tidwell, Ricks Bros., Hicks & Richardson, Peyton, Hoell, Cook & Douglas, and George Parker), a dentist (Dr. Platt), bank, post office, blacksmith shop, ... Read MoreCity Contained By:
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