TOURIST BUREAU SEEKS APPROVAL FOR ADDITIONAL PPP FUNDING

The Shreveport-Bossier Tourist & Convention (SBTC) received a $360,000 Payroll Protection Program (PPP) loan in January of this year.This loan may be forgiven, in whole or part, depending on compliance with the terms of the loan.As a public agency, the Louisiana State Bond Commission must...

WHEN WILL SHREVEPORT STOP CONSTRUCTION ON BRONZE TOWER OF BABEL?

If you haven't seen it, you need to go view Shreveport's latest tourist attraction.It stands out like a misplaced lighthouse in a wooded area on I-20 west between the Common Street on-ramp and the Fairfield Avenue off-ramp.The four story tower is accessed by a dirt path off Fairfield - the unpaved...

ILGENFRITZ WINS "DON'T BE A SNOT: GET THE SHOT" CONTEST

Glenda Ilgenfritz now has an extra $100 and a year's subscription to FOCUS SB/The Inquisitor! She was the first winner of the "Don't be Snot: Get the Shot Contest."Each Monday through Memorial Day a drawing will be held to decide future winners.

EXPERIENCE THE ERA OF PROHIBITION AT THE LOGAN MANSION

Exclusive Prohibition Club comes with not only special perks but a special passcode, just like you would have had during the real Prohibition.In the 100 years since Prohibition, we’ve come a long way, baby.

SHERIFF PRATOR: ‘WE NEED JUSTICE REFORM’

‘Without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence’ is ‘misstatement’Caddo Parish Sheriff Steve Prator is a frustrated law enforcement official who feels that it is far too easy for lawbreakers to get out of jail before their sentences are up.There has been much discussion — and debate...

HOW MUCH LONGER WILL THE CADDO COMMISSION SIT AT HOME?

The Caddo Commission has earned the" stay at home" teddy bear for the state of Louisiana.By all accounts the Commission is the ONLY elected body in the state that has NOT returned to live meetings.As the days go by, rational reasons for the refusal of certain Commissioners to travel down to...

DOWNTOWN EATERIES DOMINATE 318 RESTAURANT WEEK

Posted by lizdda | Mar 10, 2021 | Blog, Downtown Events Downtown restaurants are all in on the popular 318 Restaurant Week, a restaurant promotion started several years ago by the Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau.In fact, downtown eateries make up nearly 40% of all the...

Proposed Southern Law School for Shreveport and Shreve Memorial Library: Status Report

Tentative plans are for the Shreveport branch of the Southern University Law Center (SULC) to kick off with a spring semester in 2022 and 2023 on the top two floors of the downtown Shreve Memorial Library.These semesters will be for third-year law students finishing up their legal education.A...

SHREVEPORT'S ENVIRONMENTAL COURT STARTS TUESDAY

The first session of Shreveport's long-awaited Environment Court will convene on Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. in the chambers at Government Plaza.The case docket has five cases of inoperable vehicles on the premises.All these cases were initially cited on Nov. 26, 1999.This court summons lists property...

DON'T BE A SNOT: GET A SHOT AND WIN $100

Its still here.Like it or not, COVID-19 has NOT gone away.Just because the positivity test rates have gone done, COVID-19 is still here.And it will be until a very high percentage of citizens are vaccinated.Thankfully there are many, many vaccination opportunities in Northwest Louisiana.Science...