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WIELAND’S NEW OFFICE
“This accurate dating of 528 Commerce contributes to the significance of this commercial property as being present during the heyday of steamship-transport commerce in Shreveport.

LOCAL CHEFS COMPETE
After a highly successful, sold-out dinner series in 2016 consisting of 13 dinners prepared by local chefs for Golden Fork Society (GFS) members, the Food Prize announced that they will be hosting two sessions of the Society of the Golden Fork to begin May 1.

THE HALAL GUYS
Three friends from New Orleans, Logan Trotter, Aaron Motwani and Tarun Jolly, are partners in The TMJ Group. The three decided to buy Louisiana franchise rights to The Halal Guys after two of them were on vacation in New York City and stood in line for more than two hours to eat there, Trotter said.

SOUTHERN BELL
“The property will be mixed-use, with 12 apartments, rentable office space with conference room and kitchenette, and a fully equipped restaurant space with a pub and public and private dining rooms.

DATA BUSINESS COMES TO SHREVEPORT
Uniti Fiber, a St. Petersburg, Fla., company serving large data users and network providers in 19 states, is planning to make a multimillion-dollar investment in the Shreveport-Bossier region by installing more than 19,500 strand miles of “thick...

PUPPY RESCUE’S FUND-RAISER
Dog lovers can’t imagine life without a dog. Good, bad, old, sick, ugly, fat, we don’t care. Dog lovers are kind and generous people, and if anyone ever depended on the kindness of strangers, it is puppies abandoned or left in shelters, their mothers and pregnant dogs.

KEEPING DRUGS OUT OF THE WRONG HANDS
If they are disposed of, most people throw them out with the trash or flush them. Neither of these disposal methods are safe. A 2016 Environmental Protection Agency study of the 50 largest water utilities revealed that every sample tested positive for a least one prescription drug.

MINDEN BURN
Nearly two years ago, the State of Louisiana entered into a contract with Explosive Service International (ESI) on June 17, 2015, to complete the destruction of approximately 15,687,247 pounds of M6 propellant and approximately 320,890 pounds of Clean Burning Igniter stored at Camp Minden.

SCI-PORT SPEAKS OUT
Sci-Port is not closing. You may have seen reports about our recent audit. Sci-Port struggles as many nonprofits do, and a depleted economy does not help. We rely heavily on grant funding and donations to function.

WELCOME TO WASHINGTON
When Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards addressed the Legislature at the beginning of the current session, he pleaded with legislators not to turn Louisiana into another Washington, D.C. He was referring, of course, to the partisan politics playing out on the national stage.

WASTED POTENTIAL?
You have probably heard it said that the average person uses only 10 percent of his or her potential. Some studies say that most people function with only about 2 percent of his or her mental potential. The remainder just sits there in reserve, being saved for some later time.

PRATT TRASHES RECYCLING CONTRACT WITH CITY OF SHREVEPORT
Another one of former Shreveport Mayor Cedric Glover’s legacy “accomplishments” may now be as murky as the city’s water billing fiasco, which is largely attributable to the Glover administration’s purchase of Triton water meters and its contract with the water billing software company.

EYES ON THE SKY
HEN it’s time for the Barksdale Air Force Base Air Show, there’s one question asked more than any other. “Are the Blue Angels coming?” This year, the answer is “Yes.” The 2017 show, featuring the United States Navy Blue Angels flying team, will take flight May 6 and 7.

HEALTHY MOTHERS, BABIES, EYES
“The eyes are the window to the soul.” Just as one can often tell a great deal about a person by looking at their eyes, pediatric ophthalmologists can often look inside the eye and see a great deal about serious infections that can be affecting your baby’s eyes.

EMPOWERING CHILDREN
Holy Angels Residential Facility has provided health and human services and job training for adults with intellectual and developmental delays for over 50 years, but it has recently answered the call to provide services for children living in the community who have been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

MELANOMA MONDAY
Josephine Futrell, M.D., Ph.D., Sarah Baker, M.D., and Sarah Glorioso, M.D. each year offer free screenings at both Ark- La-Tex Dermatology locations to promote the importance of early detection of skin cancer. The screening involves a brief visual check with a physician.

Community Outreach
Tuesday, May 2, 2 p.m. Willis-Knighton Health & Fitness Center 2474 Greenwood Road Thursday, May 11, 10 a.m. WK Bossier Health Center, 2400 Hospital Drive, Conference Room B Tuesday, May 16, 1:30 p.m. WK Pierremont Health Center, 8001 Youree Drive, Conference Room 203 All sessions are free.

Lectures & Seminars
What You Don’t Know Can Cost You: Elder Law & Estate Planning.

HEALTHY GEEZER
My friend, Pete, has instituted a colonoscopy rule. He insists that, if a bunch of us geezers are talking about aches, maladies and visits to the doctors, everyone has to change the subject as soon as someone uses the word colonoscopy. Usually, we switch to grandchildren, which is a lot more fun.

at HOME
The house has a long history that began after the Civil War. Mr. W.H. North, who migrated from the north to the Red River Valley during Reconstruction, originally built it in the 1880s. He purchased 4,000 acres of prime cotton land in the depressed economy and built the house on a bluff overlooking the Red River.

TALK of the TOWN
THROUGH MAY 31: IMPRESSIVE CEREMONIES: CENTENARY’S PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATIONS, 1835-2010,.

In Full Bloom
The Northwest Louisiana Master Gardeners present their annual fundraiser, “Le Tour des Jardins.” This year’s spring garden tour will take guests through seven beautiful gardens throughout Shreveport. Tour hours will be 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 6, and 1-5 p.

Embracing Art
There is a lushly rendered painting of a shaman by Marilyn Couch and an exquisitely detailed sculptural head by Mark Burt. There is Talbot Hopkins’ pensive self-portrait, her face strikingly illuminated by firelight. Kedrick Williams has made a portrait of the iconoclastic recording artist Frank Ocean, drolly titled “St.

on the SCENE
The South Central Region of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc..

on the SCENE
The Shreveport Regional Arts Council presented Critical Mass 5,.