Thursday, March 7, 2024
$256.3 million on the table for citywide investments
Cover Story
Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024
The Shreveport-Bossier City area is rich with nonprofit organizations making a difference in our region. Recently, leaders of several of those organizations have announced their retirement or departure.
Columns/Opinions
Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023
You know when it feels like you have several balls in the air and you are waiting for them all to come down?
Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023
“We had a number of principles that we thought were very important for the budget,” he said. “The two main ones had to do with a current-fiscal-year balanced budget, meaning starting the year with an operating reserve of about $25 million and ending...
Cover Story
Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023
Gregory Kallenberg, executive director of Prize Foundation, has some simple advice for anyone planning to take part in Prize Fest 2023, which will be Oct. 13-15 and Oct. 19-21 in downtown Shreveport.
Community
Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023
In 1873, the city of Shreveport was desperate. The yellow fever epidemic killed a quarter of the city’s population in a matter of weeks. People were dying so quickly that city officials chose to bury 800 bodies in a single mass grave in what is now Oakland Cemetery downtown.
Columns/Opinions
Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023
“The initial payment percentage has gone way up from the beginning,” he said. “I think people are getting accustomed to it. Hopefully, part of the reason is people are obeying school zones.
Columns/Opinions
Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023
In a formal letter to the task force members, Arceneaux said their charge is “to determine ways to improve doing business with and in the city of Shreveport, with particular emphasis on permitting and development, including land use entitlement (zoning).
Community
Tuesday, July 11, 2023
Shreveport Police reported that officers were sent shortly before midnight on July 4 to Pearl Avenue and Jones Mary Road in the MLK neighborhood on a report of shots fired. Police found more than 200 people seeking safety in the 2300 block of Jones Mabry Road after 15 minutes of reported gunfire.
