INDEPENDENCE BOWL FOUNDATION WELCOMES NEW LEADERS

With the Independence Bowl Foundation Annual Meeting taking place last Thursday, the foundation turned over a new leaf for 2020.

THE CIRCUS AT BOSSIER CITY HALL CONTINUES ...

BY: JEFF SADOW CONTRIBUTING COLUMNISTYou don’t need to have a circus visit Bossier City. There’s one permanently in residence at City Hall.That was reinforced recently over an issue that began with the city going against type.

REP. MCCORMICK WANTS THE PARISH OUT OF MPC AND MASTER PLAN

The Caddo Alliance has made many trips to Caddo Commission meetings objecting to the Unified Development Code (UDC) and its application to areas in the parish.The Shreveport Caddo Metropolitan Planning Commission has jurisdiction over properties in the parish in a zone that ranges from two miles to...

PASTOR MAYES AND POLITICAL SIGNS IN NEUTRAL ZONES

Pastor Linuss Mayes is heading up a campaign to recall Shreveport council member LeVette Fuller. This is his right as a citizen of the state of Louisiana.Posting "Recall Levette Fuller" yard signs in the "neutral zone" between a sidewalk and a city street" is not his right or privilege.

A RETURN OF THE ROARING TWENTIES?

BY: LIZ SWAINE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITYA century separates 2020 from the Roaring Twenties, but in downtown Shreveport, the 1920s are still very much in view.The decade was a Golden Age of downtown construction and newly minted millionaires made wealthy by oil flowing in...

REP. MCCORMICK WANTS THE PARISH OUT OF MPC AND MASTER PLAN

The Caddo Alliance has made many trips to Caddo Commission meetings objecting to the Unified Development Code (UDC) and its application to areas in the parish.The Shreveport Caddo Metropolitan Planning Commission has jurisdiction over properties in the parish in a zone that ranges from two miles to...

WRITERS WANTED

Focus SB is the sister newspaper to The Inquisitor. Focus SB concentrates on local civic news, events and happenings in our area. We need writers who are interested in writing news columns, opinion columns and scoops. If you participated in a local event and want to write about it - let us know!

CITIZENS SEEK TO CREATE NEW MUNICIPALITY

Focus SB News      Citizens in the southeast portion of Shreveport are seeking to break away from the city and form their own municipality.

WHAT YOU WILL MISS

Exciting new format with two front pages! You will have to “flip” to see all The Inquisitor and the new civic minded Focus SB have to offer!! And much, much more in the new issue of The Inquisitor and Focus SB.

KEEP PLANT VARIETIES IN MIND WHEN PLANTING

BY: JACK DILLARDThere are a couple (at least) of significant days this month, first Daylight Savings Time begins next Sunday March 8. Be sure and adjust your timepiece accordingly. Second, spring begins at 1:50 Friday, March 20.