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LSU baseball advances to College World Series!

Shreve Memorial Library reminds patrons that they can explore fun and learning at Sci-Port Discovery Center with passes from the library. Adult and young adult patrons with a registered SML library card can check out passes to Sci-Port Discovery Center from any Shreve Memorial Library branch.

While most of the media attention has focused on the last-minute cut to the Jimmie Davis Bridge in the capital outlay budget, the good news is that Mayor Arceneaux was very successful in his requests for state funding of capital projects.

The village of Gilliam is having a very colorful summer. An iconic, red-brick building erected in 1928 is being painted for Mr. and Mrs. David Allen. The building is next to the Cross Roads Museum and Library and was once a dance hall as well as a former cotton mill. The building has had many interesting lives and now has another page in its long and varied history.

Lots of children dream of making it big in sports and athletics. Shreveporter Madeline “Maddy” Talbot spent her youth striving to have a career in soccer and achieved her goal, which took her all the way to playing in Europe professionally.

Shreve Memorial Library is inviting patrons of all ages to join in a celebration of kindness, friendship and community during the library’s “All Together Now” Summer Reading Program. Children and parents alike are invited to meet a few of the Shreve Memorial Library’s puppet friends in amazing interactive shows featuring Frank and Tammy’s Magic Puppet Show, Alex Thomas and Friends, and Patriotic Patty.

Judge Casey-Jones is the first black and female Chief Judge of Caddo Parish Juvenile Court, sworn in on June 1. She was sworn in by Judge Ramona Emanuel, Chief Judge of Caddo Parish's First Judicial Court. She graduated from Southern University in 2000 and later earned a Juris Doctorate from Southern University Law Center. Judge Casey-Jones admitted to law in 2006. She graduated from the National Judicial College in Reno, Nev. and completed a 2020 judicial fellowship at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. In 2023, she finished a judicial fellowship at Tulane University in New Orleans. Judge Casey-Jones oversees juvenile delinquency, child support, adoptions, and the Family Preservation Drug Court. Judge Casey-Jones oversees S.T.A.R. Court empowers youth vulnerable to human trafficking. She earned a 2019 Congressional Angels in Adoption Award for her child welfare work. Involvement: Sigma Rho Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., Red River Chapter of Jack & Jill of America Inc. She is on the board of directors for the Pearls of Humanity Foundation. She's appointed by Governor Jon Bel Edwards as a member of the Louisiana Children's Trust Fund and the State Council for Interstate Compact on Juveniles through the Office of Juvenile Justice. Appointed Chair of Court Improvement Program and Committee on Judicial Ethics by Louisiana Supreme Court. Casey-Jones is married to Dr. Jones couple has been together for 15 years and has a 12-year-old son named Dawson Casey Jones.

Raise your hand if you saw this one coming. ... That’s what I though, no hands. PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan sat with Yasir Al-Rumayyan -- the governor of Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF), which is financing LIV Golf -- on CNBC to announce that their circuits, along with the DP World Tour, had reached an agreement to unify and form a larger commercial enterprise. There have been almost a year and half of back-and-forth drama between the two factions. From golf superstars like Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka taking millions to play with LIV Golf to Phil Mickelson’s controversial comments about the Saudi monarchy’s history regarding human rights violations, there have been plenty of headlines between the two. And now, they’re one -- bananas. This move will likely be a good direction for golf as now you will have all of the best talent playing in all of the best tournaments. It is yet to be seen how the decision by PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan will affect the relationship with his existing PGA golfers. Many of these golfers took the same stance as the PGA and turned down the chance to play for millions only to be joining them, many of whom have been vocal about the merger since it was announced on Tuesday. Look for the PGA/LIV merger to create plenty more headlines in the months to come; hopefully, they will likely be more positive.