A $26M partnership between Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) and local Shreveport technology powerhouse Outerlink Global Solutions officially launched this August with the announcement of a four-year Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) contract award.

“With the cooperation of both of the krewes and a tremendous amount of work by the Shreveport Police Department, Visit Shreveport-Bossier, some help form the lieutenant governor as backup and just some give and take between us and the krewes, we have an agreement with them,” Arceneaux said.

Whether you call it preventative policing or proactive policing, Caddo Parish sheriff candidate Henry C. Whitehorn Sr. says he doesn’t support such police tactics to fight crime, even though statistics show crime rises exponentially without such.

While Congressman Mike Johnson was taking the oath as Speaker of the House of Representatives, the national media and people all over the country were scrambling to answer the question, “Who is the new Speaker of the House Mike Johnson?” This is written to answer the question for them.

Having never been to Doc’s (which should not be confused with having never been to the doc), I invited a friend to join me on what would be a first-time visit for both of us.

The Shreveport-Bossier MSA has enjoyed three straight years of employment growth, a trend we expect to continue and pick up speed over 2024-25.

I recently lost a family member. For years, I would text Cathy Lewis every couple of weeks, asking if she could get me in “today.”

Speaking of careers, Nelms’ path to her current role as director of sports for the Shreveport-Bossier Sports Commission was not a straight line.

Tess Hall found her dream job in the wake of trauma. When her oldest daughter was going to college to become a veterinarian, she was injured by a large animal.

“I will never tell you that it doesn’t bother me. It still bothers me. Even at the end of 29 years of emergency medicine, children’s deaths would bother me. Children’s deaths always bothered me.

The Style Show started in 1952 as an event sponsored by the St. John’s Mother’s Club. The mothers would get together and play cards while professional models wearing clothes from local stores modeled the latest fashions.

The Greater Shreveport Chamber has hosted the ATHENA Leadership Award Program for over three decades and has had the pleasure of honoring a class of leading women and men in our community each year.

Dr. G. E. Ghali is the oral and craniomaxillofacial surgeon they searched for. “They came to see me when he was an infant, and we ended up treating him. Usually, we’ll see them once or twice, and then they will go somewhere else. But [his mother’s] been back.

Raising a child comes with its joys and challenges, and parenting a child with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) adds an extra layer of complexity to the journey.

The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) celebrates National Physical Therapy Month in October.

"These were homes in 1931. They went out of use in the ’80s. So, I have not been able to determine why they went out of use, but they were vacant for about 40 years when I bought them," said McDaniel.

FIRST SATURDAY OF MONTH: SUPER SATURDAYS AT CADDO COMMON PARK:.

The Hispanic Heritage Association of Northwest Louisiana (HHANWLA) will host its first “Day of the Dead” festival, scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 4, from noon to 10 p.m. at Festival Plaza in downtown Shreveport. Admission is free, while some contests will require an entry fee.

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