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The Downtown Development Authority is celebrating art, plants and recycling in April, and we’ll end the month with a giant downtown cleanup. First, though, we start with artists, food and music!

Louisiana State Police troopers have arrested a man in connection with a fatal crash that occurred last month.

There is a major but silent killer of our planet that has received significantly less and disproportionate attention, and that is plastic pollution.

North Louisiana Interfaith, a non-profit coalition of religious congregations and community organizations, is asking Shreveport and Caddo local governments to jump-start a plan to build as many as 20 neighborhood “resilience” hubs to help citizens during power outages.

This week, the city of Shreveport received a credit rating downgrade on its water and sewer bonds and a negative outlook on its overall rating from a major credit rating agency, Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”). The purpose of this article is to provide information and context to assist the public in understanding the significance, if any, of the announcement.

Fantasy Baseball Preview: Second Base, Shortstop and Third Base!!!

Say what you will about the WBC, the drama was definitely there. Much has been made about the few injuries that have occurred during the Classic. Some would say that these injuries would have happened in spring training just as easily as they did during the WBC, and they would be right. You’re always going to have those people who are convinced that anything new, or outside of what they are accustomed to, is wrong and sometimes reckless. That clearly wasn’t the case as the crowds were at capacity and at full throat for much of the quarter, semi and especially in the thrilling finale.

Pam Barker is tall and thin. As a “lanky” young girl growing up in LeCompte, La., a small farming community in Rapides Parish, she was teased for her slim frame. It made her sympathetic to the struggles of people who are different.