PROSPECTS FOR COMPLETION OF OLD SHERATON ON 70TH STREET NOT GOOD

At yesterday's Shreveport city council work session Council Grayon Boucher questioned the construction supervisor on status of completion of remodeling of the old Sheraton on east 70th Street.

OUTDOOR PICKLEBALL COURTS--HOW MUCH USE IN SUMMER HEAT/WINTER COLD

I regularly cycle--as in pedal a bike. On Wednesdays I cycle 25 miles, more or less. On Saturdays I cycle 30-35 miles.I cycled  25 miles when the heat index was 105 degrees. At least the movement of the bike created some cooling air flow.

WHY ONLY ONE JULY MEETING OF CADDO COMMISSION

The Caddo Commission is the governing both of Caddo Parish.The twelve (12) commissioners are the highest paid part time elected officials in the state--over $22,000 per year.Generally the Commission meets on the first and fourth Mondays and Thursdays of the month.The 2025 budget for the Caddo...

SHREVEPORT'S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 2025 HUD ACTION PLAN--SEE WHAT IT SAYS

What's in this 2025 HUD Annual Action Plan?Evidently this is just another bureaucratic check the box report to get HUD funds.

ONE CAN ONLY WISH CADDO SHERIFF WHITEHORN WOULD "EVOLV" TO MORE REASONABLE SECURITY SCREENING AT GOVERNMENT PLAZA

Visitors to any office at Shreveport's Government Plaza are subjected to a full fledged security checkpoint to get more than five feet into the foyer.First a visitor must sign in on an electronic board and have a headshot taken for a visitor sticker.

DID THE STATE LEGISLATURE REALLY PASS A BILL ENTITLING ALL DWI OFFENDERS A JURY TRIAL

An email being circulated by a Caddo public defender advises that that all persons charged with a DWI now have the right to a jury trial.

DID SHREVEPORT'S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT FAIL TO COMPLY WITH A PUBLISHED PUBLIC NOTICE

The Thursday July 10,2025 Shreveport Times contained a public notice for the City of Shreveport, Department of Community Development.The notice dealt with the Community Development Department developing a 2025 Plan of Action for entitlement funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban...

LAST WEEK'S QUEENSBOROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD SWEEP HAD BIG RESULTS

It is good news in one way.And bad news in another way.Shreveport's Property Standards and Public Works Departments focused their resources on the Queensborough neighborhood all of  last week.

LOUISIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL SLAMS CADDO PARISH ADMINISTRATOR BRYANT

During the last legislative session Caddo Parish Administrator Erica Bryant sent a letter on behalf of the Caddo Commission supporting the extension of the state's film tax credits.

CURTIS "50 CENT" BANKRUPTCY REOPENING MAY DELAY HIS SHREVEPORT PLANS

Last Thursday (July 10) Bloomberg Law reported that the Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson was successful in having a Connecticut judge reopen his Chapter 11 bankruptcy .The bankruptcy judge ordered the New York state  court to consider  whether a woman's $20 million abuse allegations against the rapper...