DOWNTOWN EATERIES DOMINATE 318 RESTAURANT WEEK

Posted by lizdda | Mar 10, 2021 | Blog, Downtown Events Downtown restaurants are all in on the popular 318 Restaurant Week, a restaurant promotion started several years ago by the Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau.

Proposed Southern Law School for Shreveport and Shreve Memorial Library: Status Report

Tentative plans are for the Shreveport branch of the Southern University Law Center (SULC) to kick off with a spring semester in 2022 and 2023 on the top two floors of the downtown Shreve Memorial Library.These semesters will be for third-year law students finishing up their legal education.

SHREVEPORT'S ENVIRONMENTAL COURT STARTS TUESDAY

The first session of Shreveport's long-awaited Environment Court will convene on Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. in the chambers at Government Plaza.The case docket has five cases of inoperable vehicles on the premises.All these cases were initially cited on Nov. 26, 1999.

DON'T BE A SNOT: GET A SHOT AND WIN $100

Its still here.Like it or not, COVID-19 has NOT gone away.Just because the positivity test rates have gone done, COVID-19 is still here.And it will be until a very high percentage of citizens are vaccinated.Thankfully there are many, many vaccination opportunities in Northwest Louisiana.

BOSSIER MASS COVID VACCINATION: JOB WELL DONE!

A big pat on the back to all who helped make Saturday's vaccination of 4300 doses of the Johnson & Johnson one-shot vaccine at Brookshire's Grocery Area parking lot a success!And the same to all who patiently waited to get their much-needed vaccination.

180 DEGREES

VERSA CLARKFour and a half years ago on Oct. 26, 2016, candidate Donald Trump announced “A New Deal for Black America.” A 10-point plan for urban renewal of which it appears he took action on only two, protection from illegal immigration and America First foreign policy.

OHSEP WAS AS PREPARED AS POSSIBLE FOR STORM

Although the recent once-in-a-century polar storm that socked northwest Louisiana stretched our communities’ abilities to cope to the extreme, things could have been far worse.

Spoken Word Workshop with JK Lawson

@ arstpaceFREE Saturday, March 6 @ 10am - 12pmartspace - 708 Texas St. Shreveport, LASaturday artist and writer JK Lawson, as part of his residency, will be giving a FREE writing workshop dealing with Spoken Word. John K.

Settle Talk: Are Shreveport citizens willing to pay for water line improvements?

The recent winter freeze was hopefully a one-time occurrence.In the minds of most reasonable people, the city of Shreveport was as prepared as could be expected.

WHO WILL REPRESENT BESE DISTRICT 4?

JON GLOVERDistrict 4’s Board of Elementary and Secondary Education seat is vacant. Who will be the new member of the board? Will it be Shelly McFarland? Michael Melerine? John Milkovich? Cody Whitaker? Cassie Williams?

PETROLEUM TOWER’S HOPEFUL NEW FUTURE

Liz Swaine Executive Director Downtown Development Authority Downtown Shreveport Development CorporationFor more than 20 years, the 16-story tower on the northeast corner of Texas and Edwards Streets, in the dead center of downtown’s important Central Business District, has been vacant, a ghost of...

WOULD LIVE CADDO COMMISSION MEETINGS SHORTEN THE TALK?

If you haven't tuned into a Caddo Commission meeting--either the Mon. work session or the regular Thurs. meeting--get ready.The Commission and its committees have been meeting by Zoom forever--it seems.Actually there was one isolated meeting on Sept. 17.

PART 2: SHREVEPORT WATER LINE BREAK WOOS

JOHN PERKINSMore than a week since the Presidents’ Day freeze and not all of us in Shreveport have water. As of this writing, west Shreveport still has significant water outages, and there are many with water line breaks on private property.

SHOULD CADDO PARISH BUILD A COVID-19 MEMORIAL?

Caddo Commission president Lyndon Johnson has sponsored an ordinance to fund $75,000 to design and erect a memorial dedicated to the lives lost to the pandemic and the medical community that has combatted COVID-19.The Commission discussed the proposal at its Monday work session.

KISSING BABIES AND SHAKING HANDS JUST WILL NOT CUT IT ANY LONGER IN POLITICS

REX MONCRIEFWhether you are a local, state or federal candidate, the impact of social media is here to stay. As a public official or a candidate, you need to reach out to the people, and the most efficient way is social media.