NO MORE TRAINING WHEELS FOR NEW SHREVEPORT COUNCIL CHAIR TAYLOR

The resignation of James Flurry from the Shreveport City Council has now thrust council member Tabatha Taylor into the council chair's seat. Taylor was selected as vice chair in January of this year.Taylor was initially appointed to the council upon the resignation of Willie Bradford in May 2020.

SHREVEPORT CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER RENTAL DWELLING UNIT REGISTRATION PROGRAM

On Dec. 14, the Shreveport City Council may enact a Rental Dwelling Unit Registration Program.This ordinance would become part of the Shreveport Unified Development Code (UDC), which is currently administered by the Shreveport-Caddo Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPC).The primary aim of the...

UNITY – THAT ELUSIVE NOUN

VERSA CLARK Contributing ColumnistAfter recently attending the celebration for Centenary Professor Dr. Andia Augustin-Billy, it became apparent what a milestone this really was just a little over three years before the college will celebrate its 200-year anniversary.

SUBSTITUTE POLICE CHIEF SMITH SEEKS TO MAKE HIS MARK ON SPD

PRENTISS SMITH Contributing Columnist Policing is hard, and being the leader of a police department is even harder than that. Shreveport is a moderate-sized city with a fairly diverse population that has its own set of problems.

CAWTHORNE PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL CHARGES

Two defendants scheduled to begin trial Monday, Nov. 8, each entered guilty pleas this evening before United States District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote.Lynn D. Cawthorne, 54, a Caddo Parish Commissioner and resident of Shreveport, along with his sister, Belena C. Turner, 50, also of Shreveport, each...

TIFFANY SQUARE APARTMENTS AND SOUND MINDS ARE  $100 WINNERS

The Tiffany Square Apartments on Jewella Avenue has registered their security cameras with Shreveport's Real Time Crime Center along with Sound Minds on Texas Avenue have registered their security cameras with Shreveport’s Real Time Crime Center and they each get a $100.00 check.There still is...

It’s official: Manchac dropped the ball on Shed Road railway crossing

JOHN E. SETTLE Jr. Editor Focus SB News Meetings were held this week with members of the Bossier City Council, a representative of Union Pacific Railroad, Bossier administration officials and Ben Rauschenbach of Manchac Consulting Group to discuss the closing of the Old Shed Road railway crossing.

READER RESPONDS TO "THE FIVE PRIESTS" ARTICLE AND UNDERWRITING OFFER

John,First of all, thank you so much for offering to underwrite additional showings of this film by way of your newspaper as well as the articles in your newspaper, Focus SB.  I am a devotee to the cause of sainthood for these five men.

WHAT’S CAUSING THE STINK FROM GOVERNMENT PLAZA AND HOW LONG WILL IT LAST?

It started last week, and it has intensified this week.Visitors to downtown Shreveport, and especially to Government Plaza in the 500 block of Travis Street, are virtually overwhelmed with a horrible smell.

REPLACING CAWTHORNE ON CADDO COMMISSION--DISTRICT LINES, CHARTER REQUIREMENTS, AND SUGGESTED GUIDELINES

By JOHN E. SETTLE JR.Editor/PublisherIt’s not if but when the Caddo Commission must replace Lynn Cawthorne.The  commission is waiting for a letter of resignation from Cawthorne, which must be sent to the Secretary of State.Then a notice of vacancy of office is issued by that office.Upon receipt,...