“Passing through 18,000 feet, the engine exploded,” Col. Maginness says with a matter-of-fact tone. “Part of it fell off, and the other part was hanging out there, swinging around.

Nothing gets the imagination flowing like rumors of buried treasure. Many of us grew up hearing such stories on film and television. Children of the 1980s like me remember watching “The Goonies” with awe and wonder, hoping that we, too, might stumble across a treasure map in our attic.

in March, the Shreveport Regional Arts Council hosted one of the final live events to take place in Shreveport, as cities around the country were tightening restrictions on public gatherings due to the international pandemic.