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
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...
Shreveport Financial Advisor Offers Evidence-Based Approach to Investing
By Ben James This week’s stock market selloff caught many investors off guard, but at least one local firm seems to be doing things a little differently. They call it evidence-based investing. “Anyone can tell you to buy the dip,” says Ben James, co-founder of...
5 Random “Facts” Only People From Shreveport Know
Every town has its inside jokes, its "street facts" that only its more seasoned residents know. Shreveport-Bossier City is no different. If you've been in Shreveport long enough, most of these will make sense: 1. This is Southern Maid Donuts'...
17 Facts About Children Who Live Without Their Fathers
Children who live without their fathers, are, on average, more likely to have problems in school performance (Hetherington & Stanley-Hagan, 1997; Horn & Sylvester, 2002; Kelly, 2000). They are more likely to have lower scores on achievement tests (McLanahan...
Should Steven Jackson Be Allowed to Campaign for Shreveport Mayor, Much Less Be on The Caddo Commission?
Question: Should Steven Jackson Be Allowed to Campaign for Shreveport Mayor, Much Less Be on The Caddo Commission? It’s a good question. An even better one is whether Commissioner Steven Jackson should even be on the Caddo Commission while an employee of the David...
Shreveport Business Revolutionizing Vehicle Maintenance Services: Meet CurbTek
People are always looking for ways to save time, because as everyone knows, you can’t create more time. For anyone who has a car, which is almost everyone over the age of 18, going to get your oil change sucks. Most lube centers pitch the "5,10,15 minute oil change"...
Shreveport Times Runs Instagram Ad for Buying Paper Version of the News
In breaking news. The Shreveport news publication, Shreveport Times has been running instagram ads (on the internet) to offer their physical paper news service to the Shreveport area. For the children viewing, In the early days, people used to read the news from a...
Shreveport Guardsmen Lead The Way Through Grueling Training Exercise
Local Guardsmen of the 2-108th Cavalry Squadron recently completed a rotation at the Louisiana National Guard's Exportable Combat Training Capability (XCTC), the largest training event this year. During the three-week event at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, the Soldier's...
Shreveport City Council: Setting The Field For Election 2018
By 4:30 pm Friday (July 20), all the Shreveport city council wannabes will be known. In the meantime, some are definitely in, others are definitely out, and some on the fence. Currently, four council members can seek re-election. Three council members are finishing a...
John Settle Shreveport: Why Does The Media Keep Getting All The Shreveport Airport Stories Wrong?
Over the past couple of months, the local media, notably local television reporters, have continued to miss key and important parts of a major local story playing out at the two Shreveport airports. There are a number of reasons for this. The story is complex. The...
SPD Chief Crump Stands Up Caddo Commission At Funding Meeting
Ever had a dinner party and the guest of honor was a no-show? If so, you can share the sentiments of a dozen or so public officials who wanted to discuss Commission funding of sheriff patrols in the city limits. Nine of the twelve Commissioners, Caddo Sheriff Steve...
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,"...
John Settle: Eighty New Police Officers For Shreveport This Year?
Yes, Virginia, it is an election year in Shreveport. And yes, current mayor Ollie Tyler is running for re-election. Maybe that explains her recent pie in the sky statement. Tyler wants to hire 80 new police officers this year. That’s is a tall order, considering many...
OLLIE TYLER HAS BIG ADVANTAGE IN SHREVEPORT MAYOR’S RACE: INCUMBENCY by John Settle
Shreveport mayor wannabes need to accept a cold hard political fact. Incumbents have a major advantage over challengers. And it’s no different with Shreveport Mayor Ollie Tyler. Currently Adrian Perkins, Lee O. Savage, Jim Taliaferro, Ray Smith and John Paul Young...
Will Patrols By Sheriff Deputies Lower Shreveport Crime?
In the near future, Shreveport residents can expect to see more white and brown cars of the Caddo Sheriff’s office on Shreveport streets. Well, not all the streets. Caddo Sheriff Steve Prator said sheriff deputy patrols will be in the areas of the city that are...
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...
Brookshire’s and Super 1 Are Now Offering Grocery Delivery
Brookshire's and Super 1 Food customers now have the option of using Instacart to get their groceries delivered to their house the same day by a personal shopper, thanks to a new partnership between Brookshire Grocery Co. and Instacart. "Customers can use the...
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
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...
A Perfect Solution For Developing Shreveport’s Cross Bayou
If government officials had a magic genie, they could wish for a clean slate on any proposed Cross Bayou development in downtown Shreveport. Last year, the Shreveport City Council unanimously defeated (6-0) a request by Mayor Ollie Tyler to engage bond counsel to help...
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
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
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
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...
Video of Shreveport Police Making Arrest – Warning Strong Language
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
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...
Police Charge One Man With Second Degree Murder After Thursday Night Slaying
Herman Woods, 50, of the 700 block of Austin Place, has been chared by Shreveport Police detectives with Second Degree Murder in connection to a shooting last night on the 200 block of Vine Street. According to a Shreveport Police Department press release, on...
NJ School Superintendent Arrested For Repeatedly Pooping On School Grounds
A New Jersey School Superintendent is behind bars today after police accuse him of pooping on the school's track, repeatedly. According to NJ.com, Holmdel High School Superintendent Thomas Tramaglini, age 42, was arrested Monday after police discovered that Tramaglini...