Block By Block Moves From Mooretown School To Chris Hays Rec Center

Goodness, no love between the Caddo School Board to Mooretown and the City of Shreveport!

Judge Sheva Sims’ Recent Encounter With SPD

Recently—like over the weekend of Oct. 3—suspended Shreveport City Judge Sheva Sims had a visit, as in a traffic stop, from the Shreveport Police Department. As is her modus operandi, Sims was NOT cooperative and attempted to pull rank as a city judge.

Judicial Candidate Trinicia Leonard Has Funds For Final Push

Trinicia Leonard is a candidate for Shreveport City Court, opposing suspended judge Sheva Sims and Kharmen Davis-Taylor. Leonard, who is married to attorney Daniel Farris, has received contributions from fellow attorneys Josh Clayton, Katherine Evans, Joey Hendrix, Ronald Coleman, and Howard Conday.

Moody's Downgrades Water & Sewer Revenue Bonds

Moody's Downgrades Water & Sewer Revenue BondsShreveport's junk bonds get more junky. 

Will Tre’vions Escape Details Ever Be Released

It’s doubtful the full details of how Tre’voin Jackson escaped from the custody of a Caddo Parish Deputy at LSU Medical and then 22 minutes later carjacked a car at the Boardwalk Marriott.The KSLA news story below has some facts now known and the anonymous email has information that appears...

Does Shreveport APPEAR Attractive?

By Bill McCollum The 1970s were Shreveport’s glory days. The local economy was thriving, supported by the oil & gas industry and a diversified manufacturing base. Downtown was vibrant. Shreveport-Barksdale Highway was a major open-air retail zone.

Almost All NW LA Sales Taxes Rise

By: Ken Krefft 5 of 6 major NW LA sales taxing bodies saw a rise in their September receipts vs 2025. Only Bossier City -Parish fell. The City of Shreveport levies a 2.75% sales tax and uses a calendar fiscal year.  Its September deposit of $14,570,084 is 7.6% more than the $13,535,760 a year ago.

Kharmen Davis-Taylor’s Judicial Campaign Fueled By Loans

Kharmen Davis-Taylor is a candidate for Shreveport City Court, opposing suspended Judge Sheva Sims and Trinicia Leonard. Her campaign financial statement reflects contributions of $7,700 through the reporting date of Sept. 24, 2026.

Check Out Donors To Disgraced Judicial Candidate Sheva Sims

Suspended Shreveport City Judge Sheva Sims hopes to be re-elected this year despite serving her second suspension without pay from the Louisiana Supreme Court, this one lasts nine months and ends in mid-December.

No Local Attorneys Donated To Seabaugh’s DA Race

The campaign finance reports filed by incumbent Caddo District Attorney James Stewart and his challenger Alan Seabaugh for the period from Jan. 1, 2026 through Sept. 24, 2026 show great contrasts.

John-Paul Young Campaign Fueled By Small Contributors And His Massive Contribution

It’s a very different Shreveport mayoral campaign that Caddo Commissioner John-Paul Young is conducting. He has limited his campaign to simple messages dealing with police, water, streets and a clean city.

Arceneaux’s Campaign Gets A “Hand Up” Donation From SPD Headquarters Contractor

Hand Construction Company was awarded the $22 million plus contract for the teardown and reconstruction of the Shreveport Police Departments old headquarters building at 1234 Texas Avenue. This contract was awarded in January of this year.

Stormy Gets Big Bucks From Whitehorn’s Contractor

Stormy Gage-Watts is a candidate for Shreveport Mayor. She has been endorsed by Caddo Sheriff Henry Whitehorn who, like Stormy, lives outside the Shreveport city limits.

Mayoral Candidate Phelps Files Amended Campaign Finance Report

Yesterday (Tues.) afternoon  a Settle Talk column captioned “Mayoral Candidate Phelps Joins the False Campaign Expense Report Club” was emailed to approximately 5,000 people including Phelps and her key campaign supporters (See copy below).

Commission President Greg Young Rules As Dictator

Caddo Commission President Greg Young continues to overstep his bounds as president in his efforts to control the Commission’s dialogues and votes to support his positions.