Life


National Night Out Gladstone
Between 75 and 100 people attended Gladestone’s fun National Night Out hamburger/hot dog cookout, plus so many neighbors brought drinks and food to share.

BPCC to receive $500K from LHC for health-care initiative
Bossier Parish Community College is one of three higher education institutes to receive funds as part of an “equity in health and care” initiative.
Award-winning director Chris Scott will premiere new documentary Nov. 4
“Class Action Park” director Chris Charles Scott III will premiere his new documentary, “The Five Priests,” at the Strand Theatre in Shreveport Nov. 4.

Local high school automotive technology teacher wins 2021 Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for teaching excellence
Gary Weese, an automotive technology teacher from Shreveport, La., has been named a winner of the 2021 Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence, winning $15,000 for himself and $35,000 for his program.

Andia Augustin-Billy: Centenary’s first tenured faculty member of color
It has taken almost two centuries for Centenary College to tenure its first black faculty member, and the educational institution will celebrate that milestone next month.







Heading for the hills -- seven hours away
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS -- Skimming Interstate 49 out of Shreveport, around curves in National Forests of Oklahoma and through a tunnel and up the hills of Ozarks of north Arkansas, it takes us seven hours to reach our Bella Vista, Ark., destination's vintage cabin.


2021 Trey Hutchison Memorial Award
The 2021 Trey Hutchison Memorial Award ceremony was held at Ernest’s Orleans Restaurant Oct. 14 as part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
Shreveport Garden Study Club plans fall celebration and dedication at Greenwood Cemetery
A community-wide celebration of two special gifts to the Shreveport Garden Study Club will be held on Thursday, Nov. 4. The noon event will be held in the area around the Pollinator Garden at Greenwood Cemetery, 130 Stoner Avenue, Shreveport.

LSUS’s Dr. Alexander Mikaberidze wins prestigious national book prize
Gilder Lehrman Military History Prize bestowed by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and the New-York Historical Society

