CADDO COMMISSION TO RECEIVE BIG BUCKS FROM OPIOID SETTLEMENT

Fri, 10/29/2021 - 12:00amJOHN E. SETTLE JR. EDITOR FOCUS SB NEWSLouisiana will divvy up the $325 million it expects to receive from a national settlement of opioid epidemic lawsuits to parish sheriffs, parish police juries/commissions and municipalities to provide additional treatment, response and...

PULLING ARROWS OUT OF MY BACK FOR COLUMN ON MARDI GRAS PARADES

It was not unexpected. Question ANYTHING about the Krewe of Gemini and Krewe of Centaur parades and expect arrows in the back, dead cats in your yard and smashed pumpkins on your car. My column "Unraveling the Shreveport Mardi Gras Parade Conundrum" was as popular as Gov. John Bel's mask mandate.

Dads on Duty is not a one-off, but an idea whose time has come

PRENTISS SMITH Contributing ColumnistDads on Duty is a grassroots effort by fathers in Shreveport who have decided that enough is enough.

LITTLE REALTY AND PORTER'S CLEANERS FIRST $100 WINNERS

Jeri Little of Little Realty has a downtown Shreveport residence on Milam Street. Jeri registered her security camera with Shreveport's Real Time Crime Center.

UNRAVELING THE SHREVEPORT MARDI GRAS PARADE CONUNDRUM

The continuing saga over the Mardi Gras parades of the Krewes of Gemini and Centaur has yet to be resolved. The ten year contracts of both Krewes with the city of Shreveport have expired. Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins has announced that the parades will be allowed in the next Mardi Gras season.

HEALTH TRUST FUND BOARD VOTES ON CITY EMPLOYEE INSURANCE ILLEGAL?

A major revolt among city employees including police and fire personnel has been slowly building since the Shreveport Health Fund Trust Board voted last month to raise the premiums and deductibles on the city health insurance plans.

GREAT NEW SEATS AND CONFIGURATION AT RIVERVIEW HALL

In the pre-Covid days, a trip to Shreveport’s RiverView Hall was like going to a Chinese torture chamber if one was seated on the main floor. If you really like your knees or maybe had not really looked at them closely, the very tight seating arrangement put them in your face.

DID JACOBS DROP BALL OVER PROPOSED NTB FIRING?

JOHN E. SETTLE Jr. EditorIn the free state of Bossier, wonders never cease.

ENVIRONMENTAL COURT RULES ON LONGTIME DOWNTOWN EYESORE

How many years have motorists traveling into downtown Shreveport on the Texas Street bridge been subjected to the ugly view of a topless building with crumbling exterior walls? The short answer is "too darned long."

THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR GOOD PARENTING

PRENTISS SMITH Contributing ColumnistParenting has always been a difficult proposition.