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The Bossier/Webster District Attorney’s Office presented a check on Tuesday to the Bossier Sheriff’s Office in the amount of $18,596.44 as part of an asset forfeiture allocation in multiple drug and other investigations.

Shreveport Police Chief Wayne Smith promoted two police officers, a communications officer, and a jailer in a ceremony held at the Shreveport Police Complex Tuesday afternoon.

In 2021, Patrick Fertitta came home, as many good children will, to help his mother after her husband fell ill and eventually passed away. For more than 43 years, his mom, Agatha Fertitta McCall, had run the popular Fertitta’s Deli at 1124 Fairfield Ave. It was the place of Patrick’s childhood, and he was needed there again. He now works at the deli Monday through Friday, side by side with his mother. For some, that is where the story might have stopped. Loving son returning to help family- a noble tale, certainly, but not extraordinary. Luckily, it did not end there.

Radios and TVs are blaring Christmas carols, shopping centers are offering sales for purchasing the perfect present for that special someone, and family and friends are wishing each other “Happy Holidays.”

Shreve Memorial Library Broadmoor Branch is inviting patrons of all ages to visit the library and enjoy the sounds of the season. The library branch, located at 1212 Captain Shreve Drive, will welcome the Shreveport Autoharp Club on Friday, Dec. 9, and host a Ukulele Jam on Monday, Dec. 12. Both programs are free and open to the public.

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