Shreveport

American

[shreev-pawrt, -pohrt] / ˈʃrivˌpɔrt, -ˌpoʊrt /

noun

a city in NW Louisiana, on the Red River.

Shreveport British

/ ˈʃriːvˌpɔːt /

noun

a city in NW Louisiana, on the Red River: centre of an oil and natural-gas region. Pop: 198 364 (2003 est)

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The children ranged in age from three to 11, according to Shreveport police.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026

"We have hurting families, we have hurting police officers, coroners' personnel," Shreveport Mayor Tom Arceneaux said.

From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2026

He didn’t explain the nature of the dispute in Shreveport, a city in northwest Louisiana near the Texas border.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026

Following the global success of Netflix’s “Sean Combs: The Reckoning,” its executive producer, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, plans to invest $124 million in a new production campus in Shreveport, La.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2026

He had left the New Orleans Police Department in 2005 and was living in Shreveport, Louisiana.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

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