HOW LONG WILL CADDO COMMISSIONER CAWTHORNE HOLD HIS SEAT AND GET PAID?

Caddo Commissioner Lynn Cawthorne plead guilty on Friday to federal felony charges of wire fraud and to aiding and assisting in making and submitting false tax return.The Caddo Charter says that a Commissioner shall forfeit his office upon conviction. A guilty plea is a conviction.

CAWTHORNE TRIAL STILL A GO

Fri, 11/05/2021 - 12:00amThe wheels of justice have been turning slowly when it comes to Lynn Cawthorne’s, white-collar crime case in Shreveport’s federal court for the Western District of Louisiana.

MARLENE YU MUSEUM and THE SANCTUARY APARTMENTS ARE  $100 WINNERS

The Marlene Yu Museum in downtown has registered their security cameras with Shreveport's Real Time Crime Center.  They are at the old YWCA on Travis Street.The Sanctuary apartment complex on Valley Drive has a full camera integration with the Real Time Crime Center.

SALES TAX REVENUES EASILY SUPPORT A PUBLIC SAFETY PAY RAISE

KEN KREFFTContributing ColumnistThe city of Shreveport's 10 months' sales tax receipts are running at a record pace. October's $13,297,236 gives a YTD total of $122,437,016. This sum is 16.7% over 2020's 10-month figure of $104,897,747.

COME JAN. 1, WHO WILL REGULATE ZONING IN SHREVEPORT AND CADDO PARISH?

JOHN E. SETTLE JREditor/PublisherState Representative Danny McCormick successfully enacted House Bill 697 in the 2020 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature. The bill effectively gutted the Shreveport-Caddo Metropolitan Planning Commission (SCMPC).The bill becomes effective on Jan. 1, 2022.

FORMER BOSSIER COUNCILMAN OPPOSES PROPOSED CLOSURE OF OLD SHED ROAD RAIL CROSSING

JOHN E. SETTLE JREditor/PublisherThe Bossier City Council meeting on Tuesday featured an extended discussion by the council and members of the public over the proposed closing of the Old Shed Road rail crossing.

BOSSIER COUNCIL, LED BY DARBY, VOTES DOWN MONTGOMERY FOR A WELCOME CHANGE

By JOHN E. SETTLE JR.Editor/PublisherEveryone knows the trains run in Bossier City regularly, and that they basically take their own sweet time when it comes to blocking traffic on Shed Road, East Texas and Barksdale Boulevard.

WITH ONLINE GAMING, IS IT TIME TO POST ODDS FOR SHREVEPORT'S NEXT MAYOR?

Goodness, it’s not even Thanksgiving, and some bored politicos are setting odds who will run for Shreveport mayor next year. It may be a little early to start talking about turkeys, but then in the political arena, there is usually an abundance of them.

CADDO COMMISSION TO RECEIVE BIG BUCKS FROM OPIOID SETTLEMENT

Fri, 10/29/2021 - 12:00amJOHN E. SETTLE JR.

PULLING ARROWS OUT OF MY BACK FOR COLUMN ON MARDI GRAS PARADES

It was not unexpected. Question ANYTHING about the Krewe of Gemini and Krewe of Centaur parades and expect arrows in the back, dead cats in your yard and smashed pumpkins on your car. My column "Unraveling the Shreveport Mardi Gras Parade Conundrum" was as popular as Gov. John Bel's mask mandate.

Dads on Duty is not a one-off, but an idea whose time has come

PRENTISS SMITH Contributing ColumnistDads on Duty is a grassroots effort by fathers in Shreveport who have decided that enough is enough.

LITTLE REALTY AND PORTER'S CLEANERS FIRST $100 WINNERS

Jeri Little of Little Realty has a downtown Shreveport residence on Milam Street. Jeri registered her security camera with Shreveport's Real Time Crime Center. Her name was drawn as one of the two cam reg winners on Friday.

UNRAVELING THE SHREVEPORT MARDI GRAS PARADE CONUNDRUM

The continuing saga over the Mardi Gras parades of the Krewes of Gemini and Centaur has yet to be resolved. The ten year contracts of both Krewes with the city of Shreveport have expired. Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins has announced that the parades will be allowed in the next Mardi Gras season.

HEALTH TRUST FUND BOARD VOTES ON CITY EMPLOYEE INSURANCE ILLEGAL?

A major revolt among city employees including police and fire personnel has been slowly building since the Shreveport Health Fund Trust Board voted last month to raise the premiums and deductibles on the city health insurance plans.

GREAT NEW SEATS AND CONFIGURATION AT RIVERVIEW HALL

In the pre-Covid days, a trip to Shreveport’s RiverView Hall was like going to a Chinese torture chamber if one was seated on the main floor. If you really like your knees or maybe had not really looked at them closely, the very tight seating arrangement put them in your face.