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Caddo Parish Parks and Recreation will host an inaugural 318 Takeover Youth Football Camp Sunday, June 25, from 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. at Shreveport Independence Stadium.

On Tuesday, May 9, Shreveport entered uncharted waters with a proposal in the city council to roll back smoking restrictions that went into effect in August of 2021. Councilwoman Tabatha Taylor (District A), a former employee of Eldorado Resort Casino and operator of a nonprofit organization that has received sponsorship from Eldorado as recently as 2020, introduced the ordinance requiring casinos to provide only 25% of their floorspace as smoke-free. If the city council passed this legislation, it would be the only city in America to undo a smoking restriction for casinos.

“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil, is for good men to do nothing.” -- Edmund Burk I am very concerned, perhaps haunted by the events which occurred yesterday (May 9) during public comments in the people’s chambers.

College football is returning to Shreveport. In the early decades of the 20th century, Centenary College was a dominant force in college football in America. That all came to an end in November 1941 during World War II, and, despite an attempted revival in the 1960s, the team never returned to the gridiron.

A woman is behind bars after she allegedly beat a victim. On Sunday, May 7, at 9:31 9.m., Shreveport police officers responded to a call of a domestic trouble call in the 2800 block of Alvin Lane.

The Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office Youth Services detectives arrested a Bossier resident for sexually assaulting two juveniles.

A convicted felon was arrested last week after he was found to be in possession of two stolen vehicles.

A Shreveport man faces decades in prison following his convictions on numerous drug and gun charges in Caddo District Court Tuesday, May 9.