OVER THE EDGE FUNDRAISER

On Saturday, October 4, 2025, brave community members will take their support to new heights—literally—by rappelling down the Fairmont Tower Apartments in downtown Shreveport.

WHY CREATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR CURTIS "50 CENT" JACKSON

The agenda for Shreveport City Council's work session today includes Ordinance 97 which will create an economic district for properties owned by and leased by Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson  in downtown Shreveport. This ordinance cannot be adopted prior to the Sept. 23, 2025 Council meeting.

DDA PREZ ELECT DUNN SETS BAD EXAMPLE FOR DOWNTOWN BUILDING OWNERS

He is the president elect for Shreveport's Downtown Development Authority (DDA).

AG MURRILLS' ILLEGAL ELECTRONIC VOTING ALLEGATIONS CONTRADICT PRIOR AG OPINION

The recently amended pleadings by Louisiana Attorney General (AG) Liz Murrill in the lawsuit against the Caddo Commission and seven Commissioners filed over the Bernie Sanders resolution has been expanded to declare Commission electronic votes  illegal.A well-respected attorney familiar with...

CADDO COMMISSION'S "GIVE MONEY AWAY" PROCESS SUBJECT OF MEETING TOMORROW

CADDO COMMISSION'S "GIVE MONEY AWAY" PROCESS SUBJECT OF MEETING TOMORROWEach year the Caddo Commission awards over $500,000 to Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs).And each year the process presents the Commissioners with many questionable choices.

ELECTRONIC VOTES BY CADDO COMMISSION ALLEGED TO BE ILLEGAL BY ATTORNEY GENERAL

In what must be considered a legal bombshell, Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill has amended her lawsuit against the Caddo Commission and seven Commissioners alleging that the ratification vote on June 21, 2025 of the resolution honoring Bernie Sanders was unlawful.The new pleadings state that...

Shreveport Financials Show $97.1M In Sales And Use Tax Collected Year-To-Date

By Emilee Calametti | The Center Square The Shreveport City Council released the monthly financial report, which showed the city brought in $14 million in sales and use tax for July.Overall, the city has collected $97.1 million from sales and use tax in Shreveport this year.Last year, the city...

NO MORE CHRISTMAS IN ROSELAND AT AMERICAN ROSE CENTER?

It's been an annual holiday event for 41 years, but 2024 may have been  the last.The American Rose Center in Greenwood has been turned into a winter wonderland for the annual Christmas in Roseland since 1983.

WHAT WAS THE REAL ATTENDANCE AT GRAMBLING-LANGSTON FOOTBALL GAME AND DOES IT MATTER

The past Saturday local football fans at least three choices to watch a football team with local interest/ties. The first was the Grambling-Langston game at Independence Stadium. The other was the LSU-Clemson televised game.

CADDO COMMISSION IS IN A PICKLE ON PROPOSED PICKLEBALL COMPLEX

Today at 2 pm the Caddo Parish Economic Development Committee meets to discuss the proposed $10 million pickleball complex to be built with revenue bonds.