Nestled in the historic neighborhood on Highland Avenue, Oakwood Home for Women is the only recovery home for women in Shreveport-Bossier that operates as a halfway house. Ritchie said that it is a place of safety and security for women who wish to rebuild their lives from alcoholism and addiction.

While the sights and sounds that will begin this school year may feel more familiar than last fall, technology gains made during the pandemic will help even more students complete Louisiana Tech University degrees right here in Shreveport and Bossier City.

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.

Prize Fest, an online Film, Music, Food, Fashion and Startup Festival, announced its winners on Oct. 13 in a live broadcasted awards show watched throughout the country and the world. In its ninth year, the online festival streamed the work of independent filmmakers, fashion designers, musicians, chefs and startups to a global audience.

Fertitta Private Reserve sells two types of cigars online at fertittacigars. com. The first is a Maduro, which Fertitta describes as a bold expression of dark chocolate, leather and cracked peppercorn. Also offered is the Natural, which is milder than the Maduro and has notes of fresh island grass.