Though she intentionally planned the downtown location to be convenient to both Shreveport and Bossier, Woods hopes to open a location in Bossier in the coming future. “The majority of my tutoring is conducted at the location of the parent or student’s choice,” Woods said.

Calling all food lovers and culinary connoisseurs, soon you’ll have a chance to sample some seriously tasty creations at the Annual Gentlemen’s Cooking Classic hosted by the Southern University at Shreveport Foundation. This special event will take place on Saturday, June 9 from 6-9 p.

As a Louisiana Tech student double majoring in political science and history, Lauren Vizza had a vision for what she wanted to do. However, all of that changed when she was bitten by the pageant bug. Her first pageant was competing for the Miss Tech crown.

As the kitchen coordinator for Common Ground Community Center, Sheira Foster is used to cooking meals for hundreds of people each week. Just the other day, she was preparing a meal for 276 hungry people. Her job went as it usually does, until she got a phone call from her daughter saying her water broke.

Growing up on a tobacco farm in South Carolina, Ashley Mace Havird was her grandfather’s greatest companion. She remembers walking the property with him and taking in the farms and swamps and woodlands of the American South. This experience would later inspire both the novel and poetry collections that Havird would go on to write.

Vivian Andrews says she struggled with her weight her whole life. She has been up and down losing weight and gaining it back for years. One day while Andrews was at a retreat for the Shreveport Leadership Program in 2009, she had to climb up a wall using a rope as a trust exercise.

Breathe in. Breathe out. You are outside feeling the cool breeze on your skin and you hear birds chirping. This outdoor setting is ideal for practicing yoga. From April 13-15, people will have the chance to enjoy the fresh air along with live music, yoga classes and much more at the first-ever Yoga Farm Fest in Shreveport.

Are our children safe when they go to school? When parents drop their kids off at school in the morning, they want to know they will be safe. But this question isn’t just on the minds of parents. It is on everyone’s mind as school shootings have become a more common occurrence.