Fuller said the variations on the district maps that the city council considered were only made available for public review on the city’s website the Friday before the council’s vote. She said that in the past, the council held several open public conversations leading up to redistricting.

It was Saturday night, Aug. 14, 1943, when the Allies shelled my father’s village along the southern coast of Italy. From their ships in the Mediterranean Sea, the naval bombardment from the Allies was brutal – over 1,000 shells were fired in less than 20 minutes.

Known by locals and global art enthusiasts alike, the R. W. Norton Art Gallery is home to an extensive, permanent collection of over 500 paintings by more than 100 artists.

One building with 68 apartments is completed and welcoming residents. Another 68-unit building is completed, pending inspection and a certificate of occupancy, Tracey Graham, bureau chief of special programs and Choice Neighborhoods Implementation manager for the city of Shreveport, said.

The Port of Caddo-Bossier broke ground in mid-May for a new tenant, Sunny Point Aggregates. The new venture is building a sand proppant processing facility at the Port and will occupy a 43-acre tract in the area of the Red River front known as Scopini Island.

Kudos to Forum for this story. I'm sure many readers were familiar with it before, but I was not. A great example of God using bad for good! If Shreveport, as a whole, would use this, as well as the stories of Rev. Calvin Austin, Dr. C. O. Simpkins, Rev.

When taking your socks off at the end of the day, do you notice “sock lines” or swelling in your feet or legs? If you take a road trip, do you notice your shoes feel tight at the end of your journey? Many people experience swelling, or edema, in their legs for different reasons.

• Negative thoughts can sneak into your mind and, before you know it, you’re focused upon them. The first step is to identify a negative thought so you can cast it away. The best way I know to label a thought is to ask yourself if thinking it makes you feel lousy.

SIDS is the leading cause of death in children between a month and a year old. Most SIDS deaths occur in children between 2 months and 4 months of age. There are 1,600 SIDS deaths in the United States each year. Unsafe sleeping practices may cause more than 80 percent of deaths.

THROUGH AUGUST 27: “CHIP KIDD PRESENTS BATMAN BLACK AND WHITE”:.

June 4, for the 36th consecutive year, the Original Shreveport Farmers’ Market has been open for business on Saturday mornings at Festival Plaza in downtown Shreveport. Each Saturday during the summer until Aug. 27, farmers from this area will have their wares on display for sale from 7:30 a.