VETERANS COURT HELPS VETS WORK OUT SENTENCES

Yoga class part of the reintegration processBy: KERRY M. KIRSPEL FOCUS SBFor some veterans, re-entering society is not an easy transition after fighting in combat for the preservation of American freedoms.Some return with physical disabilities caused by horrific injuries.

BITING OFF MORE THAN I CAN CHEW!

Jim's Wife - I bought Jim a Ring doorbell for Father’s Day, and now you can see when someone is at the door. Looking at the picture made me realize our front entry was a little scary and had that haunted house look. So I decided to paint my exterior entryway and back patio area.

DEAR GABBY — I GOT A TICKET FOR HONKING MY HORN; IS THAT LEGAL?

Dear Gabby, I was passing through a small town, Oxford Miss., minding my own business, when out of the blue, a police officer pulled me over and gave me a ticket for honking my horn. I was flabbergasted.

GOOD STATESMANSHIP DISPLAYED AT SHREVEPORT CITY COUNCIL MEETING

The Tuesday council agenda had two of the most controversial issues that this council, which took office in December 2018, have incurred singularly, much less together.

DELAY ON COMPLETION OF CONFEDERATE MONUMENT BOX

Caddo Parish Administrator De. Woodrow Wilson sent out the following Thursday:  Commissioners, please be advised that we have run into some technical issues concerning the immediate construction of the protective structure around the monument at the Caddo Parish Courthouse.

CADDO COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING: PROTECTIVE STRUCTURE AROUND CONFEDERATE MONUMENT AND FACE MASK AGE CHANGED

The Caddo Commission held a special meeting today Tuesday. On an 11-1 vote, the commission administration was directed to build a protective box around the Confederate Monument on the Caddo Parish court house grounds. The box is to be completed by Friday midnight.

COURT GRANTS ORDER APPROVING PRELIMINARY PARTIAL CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT

Last week, Caddo Parish District Court Judge Michael Pitman issued a ruling granting preliminary approval of a partial settlement of $5,900,000.00 for overcharges on Shreveport water and sewer bills.

Correction: SPECIAL COMMISSION MEETING TO CHANGE MASK AGE AND PUBLIC SAFETY AT COURTHOUSE

A special meeting of the Caddo Commission will be held tomorrow Tues. at 1 p.m. by ZOOM.One agenda item is "discussion/action relative public safety at the Caddo Parish Courthouse and within the 500 block of Texas Street.

SHREVEPORT SALES TAX REVENUE AT MID-YEAR

KEN KREFFTThe City of Shreveport collects various taxes, fees, assessments, fines and other items which generate revenue to its coffers. By far the greatest of these deposited into the general fund is the 2.75% sakes tax.

ARE WE ABOUT TO LOSE ANOTHER MALL— AGAIN?

JON GLOVER CONTRIBUTING COLUMNIST“Economic forces eventually conspired against South Park Mall. As AT&T and GM began pulling out of Shreveport, South Park Mall began to feel the effects. Montgomery Ward closed in 1999. JC Penney closed the following year.

HISTORIC TAX CREDITS — GOOD FOR NORTH LOUISIANA, GOOD FOR THE STATE

LIZ SWAINE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY DOWNTOWN SHREVEPORT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONEveryone has a favorite tool. My father favored a butter knife, the heel of a handy shoe and some salty language when his homemade fix inevitably did not work.

FULLER EXPLAINS HER RESOLUTION REQUESTING DOJ INVESTIGATION

Shreveport council woman Levette Fuller is sponsoring a  resolution requesting that the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division( DOJ) initiate a pattern or practice investigation into whether there are systematic violations of the Constitution or federal law by the Shreveport Police Department.

COUNCILMAN BOWMAN INTRODUCES EMERGENCY MASK ORDINANCE FOR PASSAGE ON TUESDAY

Due to the pandemic, the Shreveport city council is again combining its  Mon. July 13 work session/administrative conference  and its Tues. July 14 regular  meeting into one meeting by ZOOM.The meeting begins at 3 p.m. on Tues. July 14.

LOCAL AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT UTILIZES BODY CAMS

 Roy Griggs and other local business people have joined together as the Concerned Business People of Shreveport.This group made a donation of $100,000 to the Shreveport Police Department to help fund the purchase of body cameras for Shreveport police officers. The fund now has more than $125,000.

DEAR GABBY, MY HUSBAND REFUSES TO WEAR PINK

Dear Gabby — My husband refuses to wear anything pink. I see men everywhere wearing pink ties, pink dress shirts and even multi-colored pink socks; so why is my husband so close-minded to the color of pink?CassieDear Cassie,Pink is not traditionally a masculine color like navy or black.