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Lessons From Texas Avenue
Shreveport’s downtown and core neighborhoods are a frustrating and encouraging mix of successes and challenges. When individuals try to make a difference by redeveloping our core, they often face unique challenges that are very different from “greenfield” developments on the edge of town.

Crunching Numbers
Here’s the problem, and it’s a big problem. What bugs me is a lot of advisors can’t talk about it; their firms do not allow them to discuss it. What am I talking about? Taxes.

TIME Dealer Of the Year
Then Daddy called her home. “He told me he needed a telephone operator because he had just let one go,” Moffitt said of her father, Fred, who owned Moffitt Volkswagen in Bossier City. “I said, sure, I would come back to work for him. He put me through college.

Walk of Stars
The blues/rock award-winning entertainer returns to his roots for a north Louisianastyle tribute to his career as a guitarist. The ceremony will take place in the Red River Entertainment District under the Texas Street Bridge beginning at 2 p.m. Shepherd will be the 32nd inductee to receive a star since the Walk started in 1997.

Gumbo Gladiators
Perhaps one of the best things about living in Louisiana is the opportunity to chow down on delicious Cajun cuisine while simultaneously assisting a great cause! The 8th Annual Battle of the Gumbo Gladiators will be held from noon to 4 p.m. on March 21 at Festival Plaza in downtown Shreveport.

Perkins Lets Voters Down
Shreveport mayor is not whom we thought we elected Mayor Perkins' inauguration speech on that cold, Saturday morning, Dec. 29, 2018, seemed incontrovertible confirmation of what so many voters hoped his election represented — a commitment to unifying the city across racial lines: A break from the "old guard" of the past.

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The Forbes ranking of Best-In-State Wealth Advisors, developed by SHOOK Research, is based on an algorithm of qualitative criteria, mostly gained through telephone and in-person due diligence interviews, and quantitative data. Advisors that are considered must have a minimum of seven years’ experience.

Biz Scene
The 32nd Shreveport-Bossier-DeSoto African- American Scholarship Awards Banquet was held on Feb. 8, at the Morning Star Family Life Center. Jeff Hall, first African-American mayor of Alexandria, La., was the keynote speaker. Ten people from Northwest Louisiana were given the African-American Achievement Award.

WTF? Where's The Food?
A new year means new goals, positivity and celebrations. As we roar our way into the ’20s, this year is off to an exciting start for the local food industry with new restaurant openings, changes for already established restaurateurs and events celebrating culinary success in the Shreveport-Bossier area.

318 Restaurant Week
Join Chef Brad Jones and Chef Allison Gras of The Revenir, as well as writer and social media influencer Mallori Sanders for a special beer-pairing dinner, 6-8:30 p.m., Monday, March 16, at Great Raft Brewing.

You don't have to look far to get your grub on
Chef Blake Jackson has expanded his culinary expertise and passion for event planning to downtown Shreveport with his recent venture, Chef Blake Jackson at 421 Texas. Jackson has taken over the direction of all culinary, beverage and event programs in the historic building with exciting plans for the future.

The Importance of Women’s Health
When you really think about it, a cancer, regular screenings can lead to early woman’s health affects society. detection, when it is very treatable with a Women are key in maintaining high survival rate. Find a doctor and seek healthy families. That means caring for themselves and their children.

Chocolate & Champagne
The 9th Annual Chocolate & Champagne Affair is on Saturday, March 21, at Margaritaville Resort Casino in Bossier City. The event is a night of live music, dancing, a live and silent auction, and sparkling champagne and decadent morsels from local vendors to raise money for Easter Seals.

Forgiveness Is For You
me, and my mother said she didn’t believe me. At the age of 11, after three years of the abuse, I finally told a teacher at school, and my father was later convicted. My father has passed away, and I have a very difficult relationship with my mom.

Physician Qualifications
Medical specialty boards were created in the first part of the 20th century as medical science was advancing, and physicians were beginning to gain specialty knowledge.

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THROUGH APRIL 30: THE ENCHANTING WORLD OF FANTASY HATS, MASKS AND FRIVOLITIES..

Happily Ever After
These bridal bibles may serve as inspiration, but they also are chock-full of unrealistic timelines and checklists and ads for expensive products.

GETTING STARTED: ADVENTURES IN WEDDING PLANNING
But in two harried weeks of planning – planning that only resulted in setting the date with the venue and church – we learned more than we probably expected to learn in the process, in addition to unearthing some questions that might not be top of mind when you’re in a flurry of prenuptial bliss.

On the Scene
The Robinson Film Center once again shut down Texas Street in downtown Shreveport to host their annual Oscar party, The Robbys..