It has been sort of like the response of the United States to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The entire nation suddenly realized that there was a new normal, that things would not be the same, and that it was up to everyone to make the necessary changes for survival.

“We get a lot of people referred through the court system and drug court,” Maurice noted. “That can’t happen now because those systems have also been shut down. We get quite a few from the treatment centers,.

According to figures released by the Louisiana Oil and Gas Association last week, West Texas Intermediate futures for oil traded below $11 a barrel for the first time since 1986. LOGA said that was a drop in price of over 80% since the beginning of the year.

One such person was Eric Hess, one of the glass artists at Sanctuary Art Glass near downtown Shreveport. He and his partner in glass, Michelle Pennington, were just two more citizens cast adrift on the shores of idleness. Hess was noodling around Facebook when something caught his eye.

No one needs to tell you that Covid-19 has had an impact on almost all aspects of our lives in the past month. The ArkLaTex is once again getting a taste of the shortages, rationing and sacrifice of the war years last century, but there are ways to cope our ancestors would have loved to have.

In the past few weeks, America has gone mad with Covid-19 coverage. Television pumps out updates every broadcast quarterhour of the news channels. Newspapers update their websites by the minute and publish the latest infection and death tolls each day..

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.

Event organizer Nikki Pepper insists, “I’m not an event planner.” Still, she decided to do something to remember Barry Eakin Jr. after he died suddenly of a heart attack in October 2018. “He was a very great guy,” Pepper said, “always supportive of other musicians.