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SHREVEPORT, La. -- The Caddo Parish Commission is hosting an additional round of public meetings aimed at educating citizens on the redistricting process in Caddo Parish.

An effort sought to halt utility cut offs for delinquent accounts amid a heat wave and inflation causing bills to be higher than typical, but failed.

The Commission hopes to see an increase in minimum sentencing for people charged with assault by drive-by shooting.

This week, Caddo Parish made moves to deal with the feral animal problem, and Bossier City joined the states opioid suit.

Caddo Parish Commissioners cited troubling stories at Southwood High as reason to allocate funds for counseling.

SHREVEPORT, La - The oil and natural gas industry is one of the leading industries in Louisiana in terms of economic impact, taxes paid and people employed. But there is

SHREVEPORT, La - The search for oil and gas is ever present in the state of Louisiana. In parts of Caddo Parish that search, and the unwanted side effects that

The Caddo Parish Pandemic Taskforce Committee will take another crack at putting in place a COVID-19 policy for employees.

Caddo Parish employee vaccine mandate is not dead.

SHREVEPORT, La. -- An "emergency" mask mandate apparently was not so much of an emergency after all as Caddo Parish commissioners on Thursday voted 7 to 3 to postpone action until the proposed ordinance could be revised. The postponement came after several commissioners suggested changes to the proposal that was presented Monday at the work session.  Commissioner John Atkins asked to amend the ordinance to change the word "mandate" to "encourage." And Commissioner Todd Hopkins wanted the pen...