WHAT YOU WILL MISS

Exciting new format with two front pages! You will have to “flip” to see all The Inquisitor and the new civic minded Focus SB have to offer!! And much, much more in the new issue of The Inquisitor and Focus SB.

KEEP PLANT VARIETIES IN MIND WHEN PLANTING

BY: JACK DILLARDThere are a couple (at least) of significant days this month, first Daylight Savings Time begins next Sunday March 8. Be sure and adjust your timepiece accordingly. Second, spring begins at 1:50 Friday, March 20.

INDEPENDENCE BOWL GEARING UP FOR KID COMBINE AT CRAWFEST

Independence Bowl Foundation opens up 2020 event schedule for Kid Combine from March 20-21The first Independence Bowl Foundation event on the slate for 2020 is the fourth annual Kid Combine at Crawfest on Friday and Saturday, March 20 and 21. The Kid Combine will be from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

IF AT FIRST YOU CAN’T STACK THE CADDO SCHOOLS DECK ...

BY: JEFF SADOWIf at first you can’t make a result stick against the preferences of voters in a district, try again according to most Democrats on the Caddo Parish School Board.FOR THE REST OF THE ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN THE March 6 ISSUE OF THE INQUISITOR, GO TO https://www.theinquisitor.

LUCKY FRIDAY THE 13TH--NEW FORMAT FOR THE INQUISITOR

Who said that Friday the 13th is a bad luck day? That's not the case with THE INQUISITOR! This Friday THE INQUISITOR will have an easier to read and expanded format. One side will feature a new name: FOCUS SB. Flip the paper over and find THE INQUISITOR banner.

THIEVES CANNIBALIZE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE

BY: MICHAEL THOMASPerhaps you’ve heard that America isn’t what it used to be. In 2016, our current president campaigned (and won) on reestablishing our former greatness. Apparently, we have a lot of work left to do.

WILLIS-KNIGHTON HEALTH SYSTEM AWARDS $48,237 GRANT TO SHREVEPORT POLICE DEPARTMENT

Willis-Knighton Health System awarded a major grant to the Shreveport Police Department at the Shreveport City Council meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 25. Willis-Knighton’s chief administrative officer, Brian Crawford, presented the check to Shreveport Police Chief Ben Raymond.

WHITEHORN IS THE RIGHT PERSON FOR CAO JOB, MAYOR COULD HAVE HANDLED HIS HIRING BETTER

BY: Prentiss Smith Chief Henry Whitehorn is a good man, and his good name should not be dragged through the political mud and muck that is Shreveport politics.

STREET CUTS, POT HOLES, BROKEN SIDEWALKS AND CITY ROW DAMAGES

There are virtually everywhere.It’s hard to drive down a major thoroughfare in Shreveport and not see damages from contractor digs, bores and trenching in public streets, sidewalks and city rights of way.

SILENT OUTCRY AT THE CADDO SCHOOL BOARD

by: JON GLOVER OP / EDCaddo Parish Schools makes up twelve districts with twelve individuals representing those districts. Caddo Parish Schools also has 30 schools ranked D and F. Some 56 schools, and 30 ranked D and F, where is the outcry.

A TALE OF TWO CITIES AND THE PATH FORWARD

BY: MAYOR ADRIAN PERKINSIn 2019, Forbes Magazine looked at 1,990 cities across the United States. They ranked them by levels of income inequality.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL NEED TO COMPROMISE ON CAO AND CFO

The ugly, ugly, ugly impasse between Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins and the Shreveport City Council over two mayoral appointments needs to end.

SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON MAYOR PERKINS’S ‘STATE OF BLACK SHREVEPORT’ SPEECH

Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins was a speaker at the 8th Annual State of Black Shreveport summit held at Southern University Shreveport on Feb. 29.

WHAT YOU WILL MISS

And much, much more in the new issue of The Inquisitor.It will be online for subscribers NLT 8 p.m. Today (Thursday)— In retail establishments tomorrow (Friday) early am. Dropped in mail for delivery by Friday.Subscription information at www.theinquisitor.com

COLVIN SPORTS COLUMN

MLB Preview: National League WestWith the final tackle of the NFL season behind us, the XFL going into its fourth week and the NBA moving towards the playoffs, the next major sport up is Major League Baseball.