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W/M, DOB: 4/17/69, of Shreveport, was arrested by Officer B.M. Ouzts on a charge of possession of schedule I drugs with intent to distribute, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of schedule II drugs.

W/M, 28, was arrested on a charge of probation violation.

W/M, DOB: 1/23/89, of Shreveport, was arrested by Officer E. Jackson on a charge of felony bank fraud.

The unemployment rate in the Shreveport-Bossier City metropolitan area was 3.4%, which is 0.2% lower than in Caddo Parish. Shreveport has the 198th lowest unemployment out of 389 metro areas included in the labor report.

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In March 2023, Caddo Parish had a 3.6% unemployment rate, a 0.3% decrease over the last month. Louisiana has the 12th highest unemployment rate in the country at 3.6%. The national unemployment rate changed little since last year, around 3.5% in March. If you have been to Shreveport's new Chick-fil-A Mansfield Road location you'll see this one is unique; you've never seen one like it. There is a multi-lane drive-thru, there are outside walk-up ordering windows, there is outside seating there is even a spot for curbside ordering. However, there isn't indoor seating. There isn't an inside play area either.

Under the curatorship of the Shreveport Regional Arts Council, local artist Ellen Soffer is displaying 10 pieces of her work in the Mayor’s Office in the reception area, located at 505 Travis Street, Suite 200 in downtown Shreveport. Soffer uses beautiful, bold, bright colors of red, blue, yellow, purple, pink, white and green in the abstracts, which are done in oil. Of her work, she says that she creates intuitively, not always knowing how a piece will come together but certain that color and its intensity will be driving forces.

We refuse to reject mass shootings, so we get them – in places private, public, boring, fun, commercial and sacred. Here are some of them, the killing spots, since 2013. A catalog both shocking and familiar.