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The BPCC Performing Arts Theatre Program will open its 2021-2022 season this October with the beloved musical, “Little Shop of Horrors.” This deviously delicious Broadway and Hollywood sci-fi smash musical has devoured the hearts of theater-goers for over 30 years and now serves as the perfect headliner to kickoff the brand new BPCC Theatre season.

More big news for Blanchard today.

Alongside the College Football Playoff Foundation and Extra Yard for Teachers, the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl donated a total of $11,243 to local teachers in Caddo and Bossier parishes.

Louisiana has a rich French history — after all, it was named after a French monarch — and Professor Dana A. Kress is working to keep its literary history alive.

The year 2021 ushers in some very special occasions for Holy Trinity Catholic Church. The parish turns particular attention to its five priests who gave their lives serving the sick during the 1873 Yellow Fever Epidemic in Shreveport. (They are memorialized in the stained-glass windows of the church.) For these priests’ heroic virtue, the Vatican has recognized them as “Servants of God”: the first step to canonization as saints.

The Bossier Arts Council presents “Nyctophilia, Love of Darkness”

Two Bossier Parish high school seniors have been named semifinalists in the 67th Annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Ryan Rimmer and Jack Williames were singled out for their exceptional academic ability and potential for success in rigorous college studies.