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The next election is the Nov. 5 Open Primary/Presidential/Congressional election. This national election day also holds local significance as the three towns in Bossier Parish - Benton, Haughton and Plain Dealing - will all host their elections for mayor and town council on that date.

The first pours of concrete in the Interstate 20 construction zone are complete, creating a section of the new travel lanes as part of the major rehabilitation project in Bossier City.

The US doesn’t invest in coaching...all the way from the top down. More on that in coming issues.

Last week, I posed a question to my personal Facebook page asking the readers for some article ideas heading into the dog days of summer. During the summer months, most of the major sports have ended and we are left with baseball, some soccer and NASCAR. I usually use the summer time to brush up on my Mount Rushmore’s of select sports, states or areas or a weekly Top Ten list here. Below are some of the suggestions that came through.

My favorite All-Star festivities across the major sports is far and away baseball. MLB has had the right formula for a while with their events. They have a celebrity soft ball game, a futures game that allows baseball to show the fans who’s next, their home run derby annually pulls high marks from attendance and viewership. It’s a spectacle that begs for your attention from start to finish. This past week the full rosters were announced. Your 2024 MLB All- Stars are...

What's Colvin Thinking?

The City of Shreveport recognizes a young attorney who is headed to the United States Supreme Court.

Commerce Street in the 1900s – looking north from Milam Street. “Although not taken until 1903, this photograph provides a sense of how Commerce Street appeared in the early years.”