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Louisiana State University Shreveport (LSU Shreveport or LSUS) is a public university in Shreveport, Louisiana. It is part of the Louisiana State University System . Initially, a two-year college, LSUS has expanded into a university with 21 undergraduate degree programs, a dozen master's degree programs, and more recently a Doctorate of ...
Shreveport (/ ˈ ʃ r iː v p ɔːr t / SHREEV-port) is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is the third-most populous city in Louisiana after New Orleans and Baton Rouge. The bulk of Shreveport is in Caddo Parish, of which it is the parish seat. [4] It extends along the west bank of the Red River into neighboring Bossier Parish.
Mayor From To Party Notes Angus McNeill: 1836: 1839: None: President of Shreve Town Co. John Octavius Sewall: 1839: 1840: Whig: First Elected Mayor William Walton George, M.D.: 1840
Overton Brooks, late U.S. congressman from Shreveport (D) [35] Edwin S. Broussard (Class of 1896), former United States senator, 1921–1933 (D) Chad M. Brown, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Iberville and Assumption parishes, effective 2016 [36]
Statistics from 2014 show West Shreveport (71103) was the poorest ZIP code in the state with a per capita income of just $22,267; Queensborough, Shreveport (71109) was the fourth-poorest with $24,966; Caddo Heights/South Highlands (71108) was the fifth-poorest with $25,334; and Rodessa (71069) was the twenty-fourth-poorest with $34,346. [23]
From 1978 to 1983, Independence Stadium was home to the city's two teams in the American Football Association, the Shreveport Steamer (with naming rights purchased from the defunct WFL team) and the Shreveport Americans. It hosted the AFA's first championship game, 1978's American Bowl I, which the Steamer won 17–14 over the San Antonio Charros.
Louisiana Highway 3132 (LA 3132) is a freeway located in Shreveport, Louisiana.It runs 10.25 miles (16.50 km) in a general east–west direction from the junction of Interstates 20 and 220 to LA 523, serving as a southwestern bypass of the downtown area.
In late 2018, Shreveport was named the "worst place to live in Louisiana" and in 2019, the worst place to start a career. [6] [7] On January 16, 2020, Advanced Aero Services planned to open a facility at Shreveport Regional Airport, with an estimated 1,000 jobs by the end of the decade. [8] [9]