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You may have noticed “The Talk of the Town with Tom Pace” has a new web home at Shreveport.com. As Publisher, and Executive Editor, of www.ShreveTalk.com, I am excited about our new partnership with Warren Royal at Shreveport.com, as we become the main provider for reporting news, events, and entertainment, without bias or agenda. more...

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BREAKING POLITICS: 10pm 1-6-09 Bossier Mayor "Lo" Walker to Run for Re-Election in 2009
Tuesday, Jan 06, 2009 8:24pm

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BREAKING SPORTS 11pm 1-5-09 Texas Wins Fiesta Bowl-Comeback Victory Over Ohio State: 24-21
Monday, Jan 05, 2009 9:37pm

    GLENDALE, AZ (By: tom Pace, Executive Editor, Talk of the Town) BREAKING SPORTS:  FIESTA BOWL FINAL 11:30pm 1-5-09 The #3 Texas Longhorns came from behind in the final minutes to win the Fiesta Bowl 24-21 over the tenth-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes.  While it was a defensive struggle in the first half, the 'Horns and the Buckeyes showed their offenses in the second thirty minutes.  In the end, Colt McCoy and the Longhorns survived a big-time scare from Ohio State.  [more]



BREAKING SPORTS 9pm 1-5-09 Game of Field Goals: Fiesta Bowl Halftime: Ohio State 6 - Texas 3
Monday, Jan 05, 2009 7:09pm

    GLENDALE, AZ From ESPN (By: Tom Pace, Talk of the Town) BREAKING: FIESTA BOWL UPDATE 9pm 1-5-09  In a defensive battle filled with three field goals, Ohio State led Texas 6-3 at the half in the Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Arizona.  What was supposed to be a high-powered offensive game, the Ohio State Buckeyes have corralled the Texas Longhorns to just one field goal in the first 30 minutes of play. The third quarter of the Fiesta Bowl is now underway, and you can click here to watch gameday in real time from ESPN. [more]



BREAKING SPORTS 1-5-09 Fiesta Bowl: #3 Texas vs #10 Ohio State Live FOX Sports-7:20pm Mon.
Monday, Jan 05, 2009 4:51pm

    GLENDALE, AZ From ESPN (By: Tom Pace, Talk of the Town) FIESTA BOWL UPDATE 6:30pm 1-5-09  The #3 Texas Longhorns and the #10 Ohio State Buckeyes are playing for all the marbles tonight in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Arizona.  Kickoff is 7:20pm CST, and televised live on FOX Sports.A former AP #1 for three weeks in 2008, the wheels fell of the Texas wagon when Texas Tech pulled out the miracle play in the final second of their game, as the Red Raiders marred the 'Horns perfect season with a 39-33 victory. Mark Schlabach from ESPN.com says Texas has to win... [more]



BREAKING 12N 1-5-09 Tragedy for Travoltas: John & Kelly Mourn Death of Son Jett- Autopsy Today
Monday, Jan 05, 2009 10:25am

    FREEPORT, BAHAMAS From CNN (By: Tom Pace, Talk of the Town) BREAKING: HOLLYWOOD NEWS 1-5-09 Tragedy struck the Travolta family while vacationing in the Bahamas on Sunday. The eldest son of  John Travolta and his wife Kelly Preston, 16 year-old Jett, died suddenly after suffering an apparent seizure, then falling and hiting his head.  According to CNN, the boy hit his head after the seizure, but the exact cause of death is not known, Ossi said. An autopsy is being conducted today. His body will be transferred to Ocala, Florida, for burial, he said. Jett's death "was c... [more]



WX UPDATE 1-5-09 "Rainy Days & Mondays Always Get Me Down" Flash Flood Watch thru Tues AM
Saturday, Jan 03, 2009 5:05pm

     SHREVEPORT, LA (By: Tom Pace, Executive Editor, Talk of the Town) BREAKING: METRO WX UPDATE 12N 1-5-09  Cold, wet weather will continue across Shreveport-Bossier for the next two days, according to the National Weather Service. Very chilly temperatures will remain with the high and low this Monday near 40 degrees, up to near 50 on Tuesday.   There’s a 100% chance of heavy rain today and tonight, coupled with possible thunderstorms…then, on Tuesday, an 80% chance of more heavy rain continues.    As the cold front with accompanying heavy rains moves slowly across ... [more]



BREAKING SPORTS 1-3-09 Utah-The Only Perfect Season: 13-0; #6 Utes Upset #4 'Bama: 31-17
Saturday, Jan 03, 2009 6:44am

    NEW ORLEANS, LA From ESPN (By: Tom Pace, Talk of the Town) BREAKING: BOWL NEWS 1-3-09 Now here's a conundrum for the BCS: Utah (from the Moutain West Conference), ran roughshod over Nick Sabin's Alabama Crimson Tide 31-17 last night, thus tasting the sweetness of the Sugar Bowl title, and a PERFECT 13-0 season, to boot. Now, the BIG QUESTION that came out of the BIG EASY: will the Utes get the consideration of the writers and coaches for the BCS national title, given the fact that they are THE ONLY DIV I-A TEAM without a loss?! You go figure.  Since the incep... [more]



GUEST LINEUP 1-3-09 Gov Jindal; Cong. McCrery; Tim Fletcher; Derek Dooley on Talk of the Town
Friday, Jan 02, 2009 10:26pm

    SHREVEPORT, LA (By: Tom Pace, Talk of the Town) 1-3-09 GUEST LINEUP: Talk of the Town with Tom Pace:  La. Tech won this year’s Independence Bowl 17-20 over the Huskies, in front of an announced crowd of 41,567 fans. Tom Pace has the 'Dawgs winning coach Derek Dooley’s reaction during the post I-Bowl news conference. Also this Saturday, January 3rd, 2009 Tom has an exclusive ”Spotlight  Segment” with KTBS-TV3 Sports Anchor Tim Fletcher who’s beginning a new television talk show starting Mon., January 5th, Mon-Fridays 7a-9a. Fletch talks with Pace about his ... [more]



COMMUNITY: Former SPD Chief James Lanigan Buried with Full Military Honors: Fri., Jan. 2, 2009
Friday, Jan 02, 2009 5:42pm

    SHREVEPORT, LA (By: Tom Pace, Talk of the Town) COMMUNITY NEWS: 6pm 1-2-09 The Shreveport Police Department and the City of Shreveport mourned the the passing of longtime police officer and former Police Chief James Kenneth Lanigan. Chief Lanigan passed away last Saturday at the age of 84.  He became Police Chief in 1976 and held the top spot in the Department until 1980. Chief Lanigan was a longtime resident of Shreveport leaving only to serve in the Pacific during World War II and for a brief time served in the Burbank California Police Department.  Chief Lanigan joined the Shrevep... [more]



BREAKING 12-31-08 LSU Redemption: Tigers Embarrass #14 Ga Tech 38-3 to Win Chick-fil-A Bowl
Wednesday, Dec 31, 2008 8:18pm

     ATLANTA, GA From ESPN (By: Tom Pace, Talk of the Town) BREAKING: BOWL NEWS: 10:15pm 12-31-08  Someone (maybe Les Miles) apparently lit a fire under the LSU Tigers tonight in the Georgia Dome, as the Bayou Bengals upset and embarrassed the 14th ranked Georgia Tech Yellowjackets 38-3 to win the 2008 Chick-fil-A Bowl. This was the 5th straight victory for LSU in the Chick-fil-A Bowl, and it put an exclamation point on a rather lackluster season for the defending national champions, who ended their regular season with a 7-5 record, and unranked to boot.  The Tigers' Char... [more]



LSU SPORTS 12-30-08 Bayou Bengals Tangle with Ga. Tech in Chick-fil-A Bowl-Wed 6:30pm ESPN
Tuesday, Dec 30, 2008 9:02pm

    ATLANTA, GA From The Times (By: Tom Pace, Talk of the Town) BREAKING SPORTS: CHICK-FIL-A BOWL UPDATE 12-30-08 LSU battles the Georgia Tech Yellowjackets in the Chick-fil-A Bowl inside the Georgia Dome Wednesday night, New Year's eve at 6:30pm CST. This prime-time ESPN bowl game is sure to be a barn-burner, although on paper, it almost seems like a mis-match: the unranked, 7-5 Tigers trying to stop the 14th-ranked, 9-3 Yellowjackets. You have to know that LSU head coach Les Miles is less-than-satisfied with their 2008 season, especially having won the BCS National Champ... [more]



BREAKING 12-30-08 NASA: "Lethal Trauma" from Equipment Failure in Columbia Shuttle Disaster
Tuesday, Dec 30, 2008 1:12pm

    MIAMI, FL (From CNN (By: Tom Pace, Talk of the Town) BREAKING: NASA NEWS 3:30pm 12-30-08 In a report released today, NASA painted a very grim picture during the final minutes of the doomed Space Shuttle Columbia carrying its seven astronauts on its return voyage to Earth, February 1, 2003. The spacecraft ultimately broke up while re-entering Earth's atmosphere near the end of its mission, with a debris field scattered from east Texas to Louisiana. According to CNN, the NASA report on the last minutes of Space Shuttle Columbia cited problems with the crew's he... [more]

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Community Spotlight

“Santa Cheney” Comes to Shreveport: Helps With Gift-Giving for Dr. John Fleming & The GOP: 11-21-08 By: Tom Pace
     SHREVEPORT, LA (By: Tom Pace, Executive Editor, Talk of the Town) Kind of like Santa Claus, another "heavy-hitter" came to Shreveport, rather early this year.  This time, instead of Rudolph, Air Force 2 guided the way, carrying Vice President Dick Cheney.    Complete with the U.S. flag and sporting tail number 90003, Air Force 2 gently touched down at 10:56 a.m. Friday, November 21st at Shreveport Regional Airport. Cheney was greeted at the bottom of the ramp by Caddo GOP Chairman Jim Allen and six other VIP’s from the Republican party.   There was even a group of Bent...

Deja Two - 3rd Anniversary of Katrina Brings Hurricane Gustav to La. Coast Sept. 1st, 2008- By Tom Pace
     How to Evacuate 2 Million People from a Hurricane…Or, I Survived Hiurricane Gustav (September 1st, 2008)  (Deja Two) A second time around. By: Tom Pace, Executive Editor, Talk of the Town www.ShreveTalk.com Labor Day, September 1st, 2008, and I'm watching the live television coverage of Hurricane Gustav...a storm that New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin earlier called "The Mother of All Storms."  It's being called the single largest evacuation of people ever from the state of Louisiana. In fact, the Louisiana State Police estimate that some two million people have already ev...

Independence Bowl History: Football, Fans, & Patriotism- By: Tom Pace
       Independence Bowl History: Football, Fans, & PatriotismBy Tom Pace It all started 32 years ago, in 1975. when the board of directors of the Shreveport-Bossier City Sports Foundation conceived the idea of bringing a postseason football game to northwest Louisiana. Applying to the National Collegiate Athletic Association for certification, the group’s efforts were rewarded with the approval of a December 13, 1976 game. Why ‘The Independence Bowl’?  Very simple. In honor of the United States’ 200th birthday, and the strong military presence in the Shreveport-Bossier City area, ...

Tom Pace 'One-On'One' with former Gov. Kathleen Blanco
     Former Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco Looks Back: An Exclusive Interview with Tom Pace, Executive Editor, www.ShreveTalk.com    Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco visited Shreveport on Monday, Oct 29th, 2007.  In a one-hour, exclusive, "A to Z" interview with www.ShreveTalk.com's  own Tom Pace, Louisiana’s Governor expressed herself on such controversial events as Hurricane Katrina, the Charles Foti investigations, and the Jena Six protests. The full hour audio recording of this interview is available here exclusively on SBLive! in two parts.  This reco...

‘Home Design Center’ in Shreveport makes Dream Homes Come True
     One-Stop Shopping Concept features Quality-Look for Today’s LifestyleHome Design Center in Shreveport makes Dream Homes Come TrueBy: Tom Pace, Executive Editor, “Talk of the Town”, www.ShreveTalk.com It’s a concept whose time was long overdue…and it’s located in Shreveport, Louisiana, on the burgeoning southeast side of the city, in the new Alexandrine Shopping Center off East 70th Street, (just down from the Youree Drive corridor.) The Home Design Center is here and now, catering to the wishes and dreams of homeowners and future homeowners, who want to give their home a change in persona...

Happy New Year & I-Bowl Wrap-Up By: Tom Pace
     Happy New Year, and I-Bowl Wrap-Up  By: Tom Pace, Jan 1, 2008 Alabama outlasts Colorado 30-24, December 30th, 2007,  in Shreveport, Louisiana  The Scoreboard Final: Alabama 30-Colorado 24.  My congratulations to the PetroSun Independence Bowl, for putting on yet another, outstanding SEC-Big XII match-up.  The Tide wins in typical I-Bowl fashion, hanging on to a seven-point lead, and finally making a mid-field tackle to end the Buffs last second attempt at a come-from-behind miracle play. Sitting in the press-box on the west side of Independence Stadium, I marvele...

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