“For more than 120 years, athletics has been an important part of the student experience at Centenary College,” Holoman said during a media event at the college’s Mayo Field. “We haven’t played football here for quite some time, but the wait is over.

“That’s when the businesses [in the downtown area] really suffer,” Clark said. “Everyone goes to Natchitoches, or everyone goes to Marshall. And that’s how this really came about. We started trying to look for a way to drag holiday traffic and overnight stays into the downtown area.

“It does not feel like Shreveport in the sense of the lighting, the gaming tables, the way the bar is set up, the food and the auction items,” Phillips said of the atmosphere surrounding the event. “It feels like you are in Las Vegas. … We want people to come in, disconnect and have a great time.

“I spend most of my day doing whatever is needed of me,” Speir said. “I’m either checking patients’ charts, ensuring a patient’s treatment is in line with their doctor’s order, making sure all of the therapists are doing well, or managing the orders for transportation of patients.

“The 2020 USA Boxing National Championship was a huge success at the Shreveport Convention Center, the largest to date, and we are thrilled to have it come back to Shreveport-Bossier City,” said Kelly Wells, executive director of the Shreveport-Bossier Sports Commission.

The silent auction will be there, as usual, as well as the “Rhinestone Raffle” and the “Friends in Low Places Barrel of Booze” raffle. As the name suggests, the Rhinestone Raffle is for jewelry, while the Low Places is a popular raffle for a barrel of wine, liquor and beer.

Shababy’s Cajun Cooking is celebrating a one-year anniversary downtown of serving up heaping platters of fried Cajun goodness to a legion of appreciative customers. Owners Mandy and Mike moved into their small space at 605 Texas St.

The Robinson Film Center is premiering “Holi-dazed,” a pop-up installation and special event project that’s billed as transforming the Robinson Film Center’s Abby Singer’s Bistro into “a smorgasbord of sights, sounds, smells and tastes of the holiday season” beginning Nov.

Many folks play the lottery across the country. The odds of winning remain approximately 1 in 292 million, yet nearly 500,000 purchase at least one ticket every day – often by those who can afford it the least. A study from Duke University found that one-third of the poorest households in the U.

The Greater Shreveport Chamber of Commerce and the Young Professional Initiative presented the 2021 class of honorees for the 40 Under Forty Top Young Professionals..

Each November, National COPD Awareness Month provides the opportunity to spotlight a common preventable disease that makes it difficult for people to breathe because air cannot flow into the lungs. According to the World Health Organization, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) is the third leading cause of death worldwide, causing 3.

Pancreatic cancer (PDAC) is a type of cancer that starts in the pancreas, a small gland that sits behind the stomach and in front of the spine. It is shaped like a small banana and extends horizontally across the abdomen from the duodenum to the spleen.

More than a year and a half have passed since we began the battle against the worldwide pandemic that has taken more than five million lives, but it’s the mind-boggling aftereffects of COVID-19 — what many are calling “Long COVID” – that are baffling doctors and scientists.

I became aware that food is not only a lure to social gatherings; it is an escape from them, too. When I find myself feeling alone in a room full of people with no clue how to break the ice, you’ll find me in the corner by the food table, stuffing my face with cheesy poofs, so I don’t have to try to speak with anyone.

Making Christmas Bright.

Holiday Gift Guide 2021.

irst Friday of every month; first Saturday of the month, Brian Watson, solo. Second Wed. of every month, Victoria Williams. 855 Pierremont Road, No. 120, Shreveport. 219- 4123. TACOMANIA:.

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