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Tuesday, May 18, 2021

LET THE MADNESS BEGIN

By Joe Todaro
For the 37th time, the gates will swing open this Memorial Day weekend on the Mudbug Madness Festival for three days of music, entertainment and, of course, the small freshwater decapod crustacean bearing a strong resemblance to a lobster. And this year's event boasts a new sponsor in Southwestern Electric Power Company.
Community
Tuesday, May 18, 2021

Selling North Louisiana

By Joe Todaro
The North Louisiana Economic Partnership has a new head cheerleader. Justyn Dixon was recently named NLEP’s new president. He comes eager to assist the partnership in recruiting jobs and investment to the 14 parishes that make up the north Louisiana region.
Community
Monday, April 19, 2021

Barksdale On Stage

By Joe Todaro
Every spring before the pandemic, Bossier City and Shreveport residents craned their necks to catch a glimpse of the military aircraft gamboling across the skies in the annual Barksdale Air Force Base Air Show.
Events
Monday, April 5, 2021

Shreveport Symphony Orchestra

By Joe Todaro
Shreveport Symphony Orchestra is turning Shreveport into Broadway this April with two concerts devoted to the voices and motifs of the Great White Way. Still dealing with Covid compromises, SSO will present both events online and one of them optionally in person.
Community
Monday, April 5, 2021

Walter O. Bigby Carriageway

By Joe Todaro
Ben Rauschenbach, PE, is senior project manager for Manchac Consulting Group who is working on the project. “This will become the premier north/south route in Bossier City. It eliminates, for Bossier City residents, being stopped by railroad [crossings].
Community
Monday, April 5, 2021

WKHS Suburban Health Centers

By Joe Todaro
“It’s no secret that this region is one of the, if not the, fastest-growing areas in the state of Louisiana,” says Brian Crawford, executive senior vice president/chief administrative officer for Willis- Knighton.
Community
Monday, April 5, 2021

Lisa Davis: Animal Rescuer

By Joe Todaro
Matthew Scully is an author and a former speechwriter for George W. Bush. In his book. “Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy,” he wrote: “Animals are more than ever a test of our character, of mankind’s capacity for empathy and for decent, honorable conduct and faithful stewardship.
Home
Monday, April 5, 2021

A TOUCH OF NEW ORLEANS

By Joe Todaro
The building of the home was completed last year, and the family moved in in March, just days before the pandemic shut down the world. Dr. Greg Burns was diverted from his regular daily task of dentistry to doing the honey-do’s that most new homeowners get to avoid for a while.
Business
Monday, March 22, 2021

Smoke Signals

By Joe Todaro
Buddy Williams knows about cigar shops, even though his folks’ place started out as strictly a tobacco shop, a place where one buys fine pipe tobaccos. They crop up on virtually every corner in those old Victorian English dramas.
Community
Monday, March 22, 2021

The Need For Speed

By Joe Todaro
If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to jam your foot down on the accelerator and not worry about a police officer with a radar gun. If you’ve secretly held a dream of speeding around a carousel or slicing through a chicane.

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