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THE AMERICAN SPIRIT WILL PULL US THROUGH

By Royal Alexander This is a difficult and disorienting time in Louisiana and in America.  Millions are suffering. The confinement and inactivity feel strange and unnatural.  I have reflected the last few days on other difficult times in our nation’s...

American Exceptionalism Is Not A Conceit

American Exceptionalism Is Not A Conceit

I don’t often take the time to respond to the daily torrent of the anti-Trump or “Blame America First” media masquerading as news.  There is just no point, really.  There is so little objective fact-finding that occurs in the national media that it’s not worth the...

CDC: US Suicide Rate On The Rise

CDC: US Suicide Rate On The Rise

A new report released on Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) indicated that the suicide rate in the United States has risen by 30 percent since 1999, and almost 45,000 Americans died by suicide in 2016. "Suicide is a leading cause of death in the US,"...

Shreveport Police Are Searching For Shooting Suspect

Shreveport Police Are Searching For Shooting Suspect

SHREVEPORT, LA, May 23, 2018- Shreveport Police are searching for a man they believe is responsible for a mid-day shooting that took place Monday, May 21, 2018. According to a press release from the department, 19-year-old Carnell Briggs shot several weapons at...

What’s The Priority: Crime Crisis or Cross Bayou?

What’s The Priority: Crime Crisis or Cross Bayou?

If Shreveport Mayor Ollie Tyler or the Shreveport City Council had a magic wand, what would they wish for? A proposed billion dollar development on Cross Bayou or safe streets? Would they want to fund infrastructure improvements for Cross Bayou or for more law...

E-Cig Explosion Kills Man In Florida

E-Cig Explosion Kills Man In Florida

Saint Petersburg, Florida, May 17, 2018- authorities have confirmed that a Florida man was killed earlier this month after his e-cigarette exploded in his face, sending shards of metal into his brain and simultaneously starting a fire inside his home, according to an...

Family Asks For Help Finding Missing Senior

Family Asks For Help Finding Missing Senior

Family members of are asking for the public's help finding Helen Marie Bertrand, who went missing after 7 PM Wednesday, May 9, 2018, from The Village Station convenience store in Maurice, Louisiana. According to family members, Bertrand is 75 years old, has blue eyes...

Police Search For Auto Zone Robbery Suspects

Police Search For Auto Zone Robbery Suspects

Two masked men entered the Auto Zone store on Greenwood Road Wednesday night as it was closing and demanded that the employees empty out the cash register. The two men brandished a weapon and left the employees with no alternative but to comply. The bandits made off...

Resolution Supporting Cross Bayou Is A Bad Idea

Resolution Supporting Cross Bayou Is A Bad Idea

So when did the Shreveport City Council start telling the Mayor what to do? That’s exactly what a resolution introduced by Councilman Willie Bradford attempts to accomplish. Bradford (not to be confused with city attorney Will Bradford) has introduced a resolution...

Shreveport City Council Honors Joe Shyne

Shreveport City Council Honors Joe Shyne

It was fitting that the Shreveport City Council voted unanimously on April 24th to place commemorative markers on Alton Street to celebrate the public service of former City Councilman Joe Shyne. Shyne has lived on Alton Street for over 40 years. It was appropriate...

Proposed Site Of New CADA Treatment Center Draws Criticism

Proposed Site Of New CADA Treatment Center Draws Criticism

The proposed site of the new Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse of NWLA's Adolescent Treatment Program (CADA) is drawing criticism from some of the neighboring residents, including the Word of God Academy (WOGA), a private Christian school offering "pre-k through...

Two Shreveport Mayor Hopefuls, Compared

Two Shreveport Mayor Hopefuls, Compared

Both Adrian Perkins and Lee O. Savage formally announced their campaigns for Shreveport mayor last week. The two events were like night and day. More like a dark, no stars, no moon night and a bright, no clouds sunny day. The only real similarities were that both...