The competition awards a cash prize to the winners, with a $5,000 grand prize, $2,500 for second place and $1,000 for third place. Charities who do not make the top three do not go home empty handed. Sam’s Town awards $100 to every organization that competes.

 The last 10 seconds were probably the hardest,” Cindy Lott, of Shreveport, said. Lott has frequented Shreveport’s new CryoSpa as part of her training regimen while she prepares to run her thi

The State Fair of Louisiana is a “Whole lot’a happy!” this year with carnival rides, midway games, the food, music concerts, livestock exhibits and a rodeo – and these are just a few of the entertaining treats the event has to offer..

Caddo Heights Math/Science Elementary School in Shreveport has been awarded a $3,500 grant from best-selling author James Patterson. Scholastic Reading Club, a division of children’s publisher Scholastic, will match each grant dollar with “bonus points” that may be used to order books and materials.