PROPOSED SHREVEPORT BEER, WINE AND LIQOUR MORATORIUM IS NOT JUSTIFIED

JOHN E. SETTLE Jr. Editor Focus SB NewsAt its next meeting on Oct. 28, the Shreveport City Council will consider a resolution encouraging the Shreveport-Caddo Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPC) to “place a moratorium on the issuance of any occupational licenses and certificates of occupancy for...

MAYBE YOU CAN FIGHT CITY HALL

JON PERKINSContributing ColumnistWasn’t it Otto von Bismark who said, “Laws are like sausages. It is better not to see them being made”? I’ve learned that if you can’t fight City Hall, you can go down there and “argue to agreement” with them.

More cameras for Real Time Crime Center will mean more crimes solved

By Reed EbarbPresidentCaddo-Shreveport Crime StoppersYou’ve probably heard by now of the new Real Time Crime Center (RTCC) that is being assembled and launched in Shreveport.

Crime Center registry can create a safer Shreveport

Chief Technology OfficerCity of ShreveportThe Real Time Crime Center (RTCC) is deploying a resident and business camera registry to allow citizens and businesses to help make Shreveport safer.

HELP SOLVE CRIMES ... REGISTER SECURITY CAMS ... WIN $100

Shreveport’s Real Time Crime Center (RTCC) is up and running. It can provide a great benefit to your business by monitoring your security camera systems. FOCUS SB/The Inquisitor is a big supporter of the RTCC and all efforts to reduce and solve local crimes!

DONATION OF OLD LIBRAY BUILDING TO SHREVEPORT CHAMBER MUST MEET LEGAL REQUIREMENTS

The proposed donation by the city of Shreveport to the Greater Shreveport Chamber of Commerce of the old library building on Edwards street will be pulled from the agenda of the council today for the failure to meet the legal standards for a donation.The Louisiana Supreme Court has a general...

Caddo -Shreveport Sales & Use Tax Collections

This chart supports Ken Krefft's assertion to pay employee healthinsurance and / or employee pay raises including SPD & SFD 

PROPOSED COUNCIL RESOLUTION FOR MPC LIQUOR MORATORIUM BAD IDEA

The agenda for the Shreveport City Council for the next meetings ---Monday the work session and Tuesday the regular meeting---includes a resolution sponsored by Council members Tabatha Taylor and John Nickelson as follows:"to encourage the Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPC) to place a...

JUDGE GARRETT'S PENDING RETIREMENT DRAWING INTEREST FROM POTENTIAL CANDIDATES

Second Circuit Court of Appeals Jeannette Garrett has announced her intention to retire in Jan. of next year.

Christian Services continues mission to feed people through the pandemic

PRENTISS SMITH Contributing ColumnistThe past 20 months have been difficult ones for the city of Shreveport and for the country dealing with Covid and the economic toll it has taken on a lot of families.