Edwin Byrd News Today

SHREVEPORT, La. – A retired out-of-parish judge has been tapped to handle a lawsuit contesting the sheriffs election results after all Caddo district judges recused themselves.

SHREVEPORT, La. -- Caddo District Court Judge Chris Victory, who acquitted four police officers of criminal charges in the death of a prisoner, is not biased toward police and should

MANSFIELD, La. – The DeSoto district attorney’s request last week for additional money to cover the cost of another assistant to be dedicated to representation of the Police Jury brought

SHREVEPORT, La. – Plans for former Bossier City Police Chief Shane McWilliams to appeal his demotion Wednesday were thwarted by an open meetings violation.

SHREVEPORT, La. -- Shreveport’s city marshal, and not the people who control the city budget, should retain full control over access to a major source of the marshal’s revenue, a

Shreveport Sends Out Checks for Water Overbilling Residents are getting checks from the city this week. This is the end of a long saga over water billing in the city. A class action lawsuit was filed over the way the city "rounded up" bills between October 1, 2011 through December 31, 2019. If you were a customer of Shreveports Department of Water and Sewer during those years, you will be getting a refund check. Many of those checks have arrived in mailboxes this week. Caddo Parish District Cou...

MANSFIELD, La. – The DeSoto Parish Police Jury District 2 seat finally has representative. It took two meetings, but the Police Jury has appointed Stonewall resident Bradley Sepulvado to fill the seat vacated last week with the resignation of Nicholas Gasper, who was sworn in Monday as a new district judge. Sepulvado is a subdivision developer who’s made DeSoto his home for decades. He does not plan to seek the office in the spring special election. Sepulvado, who was immediately swor...