Residential garbage and recycling collection schedules in Shreveport and Bossier City will change the week of May 28 - June 1, due to the Memorial Day holiday on Monday, May 28, city officials said.

Garbage and recycling normally collected on Mondays will be collected this week only on Tuesday, May 29.

Some Carriage Oaks residents are trying to put a stop the rezoning of a vacant lot at the entrance of the subdivision that would allow the construction of a Fred's Super Dollar store.

The lot sits at the corner of Shed Road and Hickory Ridge Drive, which serves the front entrance and main access to and from the residential neighborhood near Stockwell Elementary School.

Several residents are asking their neighbors to sign a petition to stop the rezoning, out concern it will cause excessive traffic congestion.

Mr. Robert Powell, a Consulting Rosarian and the President of the Shreveport Rose Society, will be the guest speaker at the Louisiana Nursery's Rose Gardening Seminar. It will be held from 10 - 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 10th at Louisiana Nursery, 12290 Mansfield Road in Keithville.