FOCUS SB has many local writers who contribute columns for the weekly issue on sale on Fridays. Actually it is online to subscribers on Thursday pms.
This week's lineup includes:
Caddo Commissioner John-Paul Young
Ms. Jon Glover
DDA Executive Director Liz Swaine
Prentiss Smith
Dawn Dillard--Jack Dillards daughter
Billy Wayne
John Settle
Versa Clark
Other frequent contributors include John Perkins and Ken Krefft
Collectively this is a diverse group that live in different parts of Shreveport, that have different viewpoints, that care about our community and work hard to improve it. The group is diverse racially and by sex.
And FOCUS SB has 16 pages of POSITIVE local news. Repeat: Positive local news. Covid pandemic, Black Lives Matter, and yaya about the Mayor's driving record, among other topics, are covered ad nausem by the local media, and in some cases the national media as well.
And if crime is your "bag"--go ahead and admit it--flip FOCUS SB over and read The Inquisitor.
All local media runs crime. The Inquisitor started this coverage, which is now a trend over 20 years ago.
FOCUS SB/The Inquisitor is available in over 300 retail locations in Caddo, Bossier, Webster and Desoto parishes. Subscribers can opt for a mailed edition that arrives on Friday or Sat, online, or both.
If you are not reading FOCUS SB/The Inquisitor, you are missing out.
John E. Settle, Jr.
Owner/publisher/editor
742-5513
John came to Shreveport in January of 1977 when he was transferred to Barksdale AFB.
He’s been active in Shreveport politics since deciding to make Shreveport his home.
John practiced law for 40 years and he now monitors local politics. He regularly attends Shreveport City Council and Caddo Parish Commission meetings.
John is published weekly in The Inquisitor, bi-monthly in The Forum News, and frequently in the Shreveport Times.
He enjoys addressing civic groups on local government issues and elections.