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B/M, DOB: 2/4/92, of 3548 Darien St., Shreveport, was arrested by SPD Officer N. Davis on an active bench warrant through Caddo District Court for battery of emergency room/health-care personnel.

Calvin Ray Smith,

Southwestern Electric Power Co. announced new measures to help residential customers facing high bills due to increased demand and rising fuel costs.

JOHN E. SETTLE Jr.

North Louisiana’s largest arts festival, the Red River Revel, returns to the Shreveport Riverfront Oct. 1-9 with its 46th edition with new food offerings, new entertainment and even a new way to pay for the experience.

Don't make a federal case of this, but at Krewe Justinian's XXIX Coronation, Maury Hicks exchanged his official title, U.S. District Chief Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, for Krewe Justinian XXIX King Maury Hicks. And his robe and gavel for a spectacular crown, chalice and scepter. The federal bench for a throne!

Need a venue to host your upcoming, birthday, wedding reception or other gathering? The American Legion Post 14, located at 5315 S. Lakeshore Drive in Shreveport, is available for all sorts of functions.

At the corner of Milam and Louisiana in downtown Shreveport streets sits a gem of a building whose roots once ran deep throughout the city. To see it today, you’d never believe that Saenger Drug at 634 Milam St. was a hugely successful and influential pharmacy — as well as home to a popular soda fountain. But did you know the fate of the Strand Theatre and the beginnings of the entertainment industry in northern Louisiana are also tied to this humble little drugstore?