SETTLE TALK : BETTER SEATING MAY BE ON THE WAY FOR RIVERVIEW THEATRE?

Hope is said to spring eternal.My  hope is  that in the near future my knees will not be in my face when i attend Riverview Theatre.Like all the other art  patrons who sat on the ground floor of the newly remodeled theatre last fall, i went home disappointed.

SETTLE TALK: HEARTBREAK LOOMS FOR MOST LOCAL POLITICAL CANDIDATES

JOHN E. SETTLE JR. EDITOR / PUBLISHERMark it down.Nov. 3 will be a long, long day for local political candidates.Caddo Clerk of Court Mike Spence says election returns should be complete by 10 p.m. but could be as late as 11 p.m.Candidates have been living in a tunnel for months focused on their...

YES SHE IS MY DAUGHTER--AND I AM PROUD OF HER

Many readers have asked if Emily Merckle is my daughter.Yes, she is!And yes, she is running for Judge - -  Shreveport City Court.And yes, dad is proud!

Finances big difference in Bossier City Judge race

If campaign money wins elections, then Santi Parks will walk away with the Bossier City judge election.If a prior election campaign is the ticket, then Cynthia Carroll-Bridges will be the Nov. 3 winner.The campaign finance reports are quite contrasting.Parks has raised over $71,000.

VOTERS WILL HAVE SEVEN AMENDMENTS TO CONSIDER NOV 3

Not even an election during a pandemic can stop the Louisiana Legislature from passing constitutional amendments.Despite a “wacky” legislative session, lawmakers managed to place seven proposed amendments on the Nov. 3, 2020, ballot.With 197 amendments already on the books, this may be the year we...

WOW--ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF PAPER OWNERSHIP!

Yep, this is the anniversary of being the publisher/editor/owner of FOCUS SB - The Inquisitor.

SHREVEPORT LITTLE THEATRE GUILD's A CHAIR-ity EVENT: TAKE YOUR SEAT!

"The proceeds from this year's Guild auction will help sustain our community theatre through this long 'intermission.'

PLAGUE OF BLACK-ON-BLACK CRIME IS DEVASTATING, MUST BE ADDRESSED HOLISTICALLY

PRENTISS SMITHSadly, the killing of three black men in Shreveport this past Monday night is a continuing trend.

LOGAN MANSION IN DOWNTOWN SHREVEPORT TO HOST LABYRINTH, AN ELABORATE, ADULTS-ONLY PARTY ON “BLUE MOON” HALLOWEEN NIGHT

Tickets available now for party featuring live music by Aurelio Voltaire and The Long Losts, tarot card readings, costume contests, food, drink and moreSHREVEPORT, LA—On Halloween night, Downtown Shreveport’s historic Logan Mansion will be transformed into the lair of the Goblin King during...

EAP ANNOUNCES 10 NEW STARTUP COMPANIES ADDED TO THE WALL OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ACHIEVEMENT

BRF’s Entrepreneurial Accelerator Program (EAP) announces the addition of 10 new startup companies to its Wall of Entrepreneurial Achievement, a milestone for portfolio companies that have successfully launched or are in the process of launching in Caddo Parish and North Louisiana.There are now 44...