Commentator Gary Joiner remembers the death of Shreveporter Jim Leslie who was gunned down 36 years ago this week, a casualty of the bad old days of Louisiana political corruption.
China's booming economy has one Shreveport architecture firm expanding its horizon, taking on large commercial design projects a world away in Beijing and Chengdu. Mike McSwain says he hopes to open a satellite office in Chengdu to help manage the workflow of Chinese projects. His firm is currently designing a senior citizen housing project in Beijing and a research park in Chengdu.