Editing Doyline, Louisiana (section)

==History==

Doyline is an entry point to [[Lake Bistineau]] and the [[Lake Bistineau State Park]], a popular fishing destination and the reservoir of [[Dorcheat Bayou]].

The Doyline High School Panthers won their state [[basketball]] championship in 1967, and two of the players pursued athletic careers. [[Tommy Joe Eagles]] played for [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]] and became the head basketball coach for the [[Louisiana Tech Bulldogs]] from 1985 to 1989 and the [[Auburn Tigers]] in [[Alabama]] from 1989 to 1994.  Shortly before his death of a [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]], Eagles had been named coach of the [[New Orleans Privateers men's basketball|University of New Orleans Privateers]] men's basketball team,<ref>{{cite news |agency=[[Associated Press]] |title=Eagles victim of an enlarged heart |page=1D |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uE0eAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RscEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3083%2C76883 |publisher=Google News Archives |newspaper=TimesDaily |date=August 1, 1994 |access-date=March 23, 2014}}</ref> His teammate,  James Ponder "Jimmy" Stewart (1949-2017), later played [[baseball]] for [[Northwestern State University]] in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], Louisiana, and until sidelined by a shoulder injury the [[California Angels]] organization. In the early 1980s, Stewart coached basketball and was the pitching coach on three state championship baseball teams at [[Minden High School (Minden, Louisiana)|Minden High School]]. He was from 1985 to 2005  the [[School principal|principal]] of Doyline High School. He died at the age of sixty-eight of long-term effects a [[stroke]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?pid=185040380|title=James Stewart obituary|newspaper=[[The Times (Shreveport)|The Shreveport Times]]|date=April 11, 2017|access-date=April 11, 2017}}</ref>

On August 24, 2006, an explosion of the Explo Systems, Inc., site at [[Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant|Camp Minden]] led to the evacuation of six hundred students nearby but caused no injuries or fatalities. The site is a former [[U.S. Army]] ammunition plant where military bombs were disassembled and recycled.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/worldlatest/story/0,,-6035636,00.html] The Guardian {{dead link|date=July 2017}}</ref>

In December 2012, police began the removal of 2,700 tons of explosives from Camp Minden, located at the site of the former [[Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant]], leading to evacuations from nearby [[Doyline]].<ref>{{cite news | url= http://www.3news.co.nz/US-town-evacuated-after-2700-tons-of-explosives-found/tabid/417/articleID/279082/Default.aspx | work= 3 News NZ | title= Tons of explosives found in US town | date= December 4, 2012 | access-date= December 8, 2018 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140718151255/http://www.3news.co.nz/US-town-evacuated-after-2700-tons-of-explosives-found/tabid/417/articleID/279082/Default.aspx | archive-date= July 18, 2014 | url-status= dead }}</ref>

In 2017, Steven T. Bridwell, a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] member of the Doyline Town Council, was appointed mayor on the resignation of Gary Carter (No Party) after his arrest for [[domestic abuse]]. Bridwell was succeeded on the council by Crystal "Christie" Carter Gates. A [[special election]] for both positions will be held in October 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://press-herald.com/gates-appointed-to-doyline-council/|title=Gates appointed to Doyline council|newspaper=Minden Press-Herald|author=Bruce Franklin|date= March 13, 2017|access-date=March 14, 2017}}</ref>