JOHN— IT'S PROPOSED "PICKLEBALL" COMPLEX--DAA!

The phrase "if you build it, they will come" is a famous line from the 1989 movie Field of Dreams. It suggests that if you create something valuable or desirable, people will be drawn to it.

AFTER BLOCK BY BLOCK SWEEPS HOW LONG WILL SHREVEPORT NEIGHBORHOODS STAY CLEAN?

It’s two down, and ten to go.In the past two weeks, Shreveport Property Standards and Public Works crews conducted sweeps in designated areas of Ingleside and Highland. This effort, along with volunteers, is part of Mayor Arceneaux's Block by Block Initiative to attack Shreveport blight.

QUESTIONS ON PROPOSED $10 MILLION CADDO PARISH INVESTMENT IN PICKLEBALL COURTS

The Caddo Commission meeting is may vote this Thursday (July 3) on the proposed $10 million investment by Caddo Parish in a pickleball complex. This facility will be constructed on land currently owned by the Shreveport YMCA at the Forbing YMCA location.

CORRECTION: FIREWORKS, ARE LEGAL BETWEEN CERTAIN HOURS

Love them or hate them--but fireworks can now be legally discharged in both Shreveport and Bossier now through July 5.BUT...both cities prohibit lighting the fireworks between AFTER 10 p.m.In Shreveport  and Caddo revelers can start shooting fireworks at 8 a.m.  In Bossier the starting time is 10 a.

NEW BOSSIER CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER A ‘TAX REDUCTION’ AUDIT AND LAUNCH AN INVESTIGATION INTO ‘OFF THE BOOKS’ SPENDING

By: Bossier NowThe newly seated Bossier City Council will hit the ground running Tuesday with at least three measures meant to increase efficiencies, look for ways to reduce taxes, keep an eye on the Chandler administration’s legal settlements, and launch an investigation into ‘off the books’...

WILL MONDAY'S CADDO COMMISSION MEETING PROVIDE AN EXPLANATION OF THE BERNIE SANDERS RESOLUTION

Monday's meeting of the Caddo Commission will no doubt be historic--in a bad way. And it will likely be a bad media circus.Seven Caddo Commissioners, all Democrats,  signed a resolution recognizing Bernie Sanders before his Shreveport visit last Saturday.

CITY OF SHREVEPORT'S CAPITAL PROJECTS LINK IS SUPER IMPRESSIVE

It was a bit hard to find for me --a computer challenged nerd. But once I did, VIOLA!   To find the link: 1. Go to the City of Shreveport homepage. 2. Skip the first block entitled Capital Projects 3. Scroll down past the pictures of the council members 4.

SADOW: Bossier City Worse Off than Exiting Councilors Found It

By: Jeff SadowWhile they may have gone out with varying degrees of class, the four departing Bossier City Council members leave with a legacy of managing not to break the city, but of having blown an incredible opportunity to make the city much more than what it is – America’s biggest small town –...

SOUTH BOSSIER KROGER CLOSING EXAMPLE OF CORPORATE DECISION MAKING ON NATIONAL LEVEL

The Kroger grocery store at 4100 Barksdale Boulevard in south Bossier has been a fixture in that community since the mid-1980s. It originally opened as a Best yet before becoming Kroger.The story recently advised employees that it will close in approximately two months.

DON'T BE SURPRISED IF YOU FEEL THE GROUND SHAKE IN BOSSIER NEXT TUESDAY

Mark it down.Pencil it on your calendar.Get your "IT'S A NEW DAY IN BOSSIER CITY" tee shirt out.On Tuesday, July 1, Bossier City's elected government will start a new chapter. The old guard of David Montgomery, Jeff Darby, Bon Bubba Williams and Jeff Free will no longer be on the council.At a 10 a.

MONROE LANDLORDS ARE THE LARGEST LANDOWNERS IN DOWNTOWN SHREVEPORT

Much hullabaloo has been made at the land purchases by Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson in the downtown area. However, he is not the largest landowner in the downtown area as measured by square footage of the holdings.

WHAT'S HOTTER THAN THE SIDEWALKS AT 3 P.M IN SHREVEPORT?

The old adage that  "it’s hot enough to fry an egg on the sidewalk" is certainly true these days in Shreveport.Both literally and figuratively.Temperatures have been unbearable in recent days with heat indexes exceeding 100 degrees.

SHREVEPORT CITY ATTORNEY EDWARDS TOTES A BIG LOAD FOR MAYOR ARCENEAUX

Shreveport Mayor Tom Arceneaux has expanded the job description of Shreveport city attorney Marcus Edwards, in a big way.A major responsibility of the city attorney is to attend all the meetings of the city council including committee meetings.

WAS CADDO COMMISSION RESOLUTION FOR BERNIE SANDERS UNAUTHORIZED?

This past Saturday, Caddo Commission president Stormy Gage-Watts presented Bernie Sanders a framed resolution from the Caddo Commission. See picture below. The resolution was signed by all seven Democrat Commissioners and the council clerk.

EXPOSED: SHREVEPORT PANHANDLERS AREN’T WHO YOU THINK THEY ARE

 710 KEEL Some stunning information has been revealed about panhandlers in the Shreveport area.Downtown Development Authority Director Cedric Glover tells KEEL News many of these folks are involved in money making operations and are not down on their luck at all.