ONCE AGAIN CADDO COMMISSION WILL ONLY HAVE ONE MONTHLY MEETING IN JULY

The Caddo Commission generally meets twice a month—four times a month, counting its work session and regular meetings on the first and third weeks of the month. But out-of-town travel by commissioners on the taxpayer’s dime takes priority over parish business.

MORNINGSTAR  MINISTER ADVISES GAGE-WATTS RENTED FACILITY FOR POLITICAL EVENT

Morningstar Missionary Baptist Church minister Dr. Theron J.

State Supreme Court grades Caddo Parish well

The Louisiana Supreme Court’s 2025 Annual Report has been released. Published by the Judicial Council, the report provides a comprehensive overview of the state’s judiciary’s work, statistics and administrative progress.

MPC AND DDA SPONSORSHIP OF PROVIDENCE HOUSE CAMPUS EXPANSION MEETING QUESTIOINED

The Providence House appeared before the Shreveport MPC last Wednesday (June 3) seeking permission to construct a group home on its property located on Crockett Street, commonly known as the Green Shed located between Central ARTSTATION and Caddo Park. The request was approved unanimously.

GAGE-WATTS FUNDRAISER AT MORNINGSTAR CHURCH RAISES IRS ISSUES

Caddo Commissioner Stormy Gage-Watts is a candidate for Shreveport Mayor in the upcoming November election. She is a member of Morningstar Baptist Church which Theron Jackson pastors; he attended her mayoral election announcement party last November.

As enrollment declines and staff grows, Louisiana public schools may soon face a reckoning

By PATRICK WALL | Staff writer Joey Richard likes to say that he conducts research from behind his barber chair.It’s where Richard, the owner of Holliwood Cutz barber shop in Opelousas, deduced that the local school system is shrinking.

Almost All NW LA Sales Taxes Rise

5 of the 6 major NW LA sales taxing jurisdictions saw a gain in their May receipts vs 2025. Only Shreveport fell. The City of Shreveport levies 2.75% sales and use tax. It operates on a calendar fiscal year. Its May collections of $13,804,583 are 1.2% below the $13,977,648 in 2025.

CADDO ADMINISTRATION ESTIMATES $9 MILLION PICKLEBALL CONSTRUCTION COSTS

The Caddo Administration plans to use the Construction Manager at Risk (CMaR) process for constructing the pickleball complex on property owned by the Forbing YMCA.

Amazon Data Center To Generate $12M Annually For Bossier City Water Service

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="990"] The Bossier City Municipal Complex in Bossier City, La.

CORRECTION--ONE "NO" VOTE ON JEAN'S APPOINTMENT

SHREVEPORT MPC APPOINTMENT OF STEPHEN JEAN AS PERMANENT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THE RIGHT DECISION At the Wednesday meeting of the Shreveport Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPC) the Board unanimously approved Stephen Jean as the new permanent MPC Executive Director.

SHREVEPORT MPC APPOINTMENT OF STEPHEN JEAN AS PERMANENT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THE RIGHT DECISION

At the Wednesday meeting of the Shreveport Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPC) the Board unanimously approved Stephen Jean as the new permanent MPC Executive Director. Jean had been serving as the interim Executive Director since Alan Clarke's retirement on December 31 of last year.

SB ADVOCATE INACCUARATELY REPORTS ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION BY CADDO COMMISSION

The headline in today’s SB Advocate reads “Requests for environmental studies of north LA data centers fail in Caddo.

Kharmen Davis-Taylor's Candidacy Announcement for Shreveport City Court Judge, Division D

WHY NOT PUT MOTEL 6 RATHER THAN GROUP HOME ON CROCKETT STREET

The Green Shed property on Commerce Street between Central ARTSTATION and Caddo Common is owned by The Providence House. This lot is zoned to allow construction of a five story Motel 6 on the location.

HARTMAN STATEMENT AT MPC PROVIDENCE HOUSE MEETING

William Hartman, Executive Director of Revitalize Historic Highland, read the following statement at yesterday's (Wednesday) MPC meeting following this research. Hartman supported the requested MPC approval.