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LSU Golden Band Receives Grammy Nomination

LSU Golden Band Receives Grammy Nomination

LSU fans are riding high these days, and for good reason. Your LSU Tigers are positioning themselves for a shot at the College Football Playoffs. However, that’s not what we’re celebrating in this article, believe it or not, we’re focusing on the band at the football games, not the players or the team. The LSU…MORE

Does your Family have a Shreveport Dialect?

Does your Family have a Shreveport Dialect?

Have you heard the term “FAMILECT” before?  It’s like a mash-up of “family” and “dialect.” And, it can be regional.. so does your family have a “Shreveport Dialect?” Someone coined it a while back, and “The Atlantic” did an article last year.  Now it’s in the news because the holidays are coming up. It means made-up words or phrases…MORE

The Most Popular Dog and Cat Names in Shreveport

The Most Popular Dog and Cat Names in Shreveport

What’s your dogs name or cats name? My 21-year old cat, who we lost last November, was named Phoebe — yes, after the character on “Friends” and my 2 newest kitties are Vivian and Hattie. So, what about everyone else in Shreveport-Bossier? What is the most popular name for dogs and cats in the area?…MORE

Aldi Is Expanding Into Shrevpeort

Aldi Is Expanding Into Shrevpeort

ALDI is the nations 3rd largest grocery retailer and they just announced their plans to expand and open more stores throughout the south, including Louisiana — and guess what – SHREVEPORT IS ON THE LIST! If you’ve never shopped at ALDI it’s definitely an experience, just looking up ALDI groups on Facebook and you’ll see…MORE

Lonely in Shreveport? Here’s the Solution

Lonely in Shreveport? Here’s the Solution

Plenty of people get lonely.  But it takes a weird kind of lonely to want this . . . A website called PuffyBear.com is selling a human-sized teddy bear you use as a body pillow.  But it’s not like those oversized bears you win at carnivals. It’s got the head of a teddy bear, but the body…MORE

5 Gift Cards Your Friends and Family In The ArkLaTex Will Love

5 Gift Cards Your Friends and Family In The ArkLaTex Will Love

Starting holiday shopping early and don’t know what to get the special person on your Christmas list in the Shreveport-Bossier area? Here are 5 gift cards that every Shreveport resident could and would use — and love to get! Brookshires or Super 1 Foods GROCERIES — HELLO! The cost of food and groceries has been…MORE

The Shreveport Connection To Childrens’s TV Show BARNEY

The Shreveport Connection To Childrens’s TV Show BARNEY

Over the weekend of I watched the documentary “I Love You, You Hate Me” about the children’s TV show “Barney and Friends” — yes that’s BARNEY! The purple dinosaur. If you haven’t seen this documentary yet you totally should watch it, we all watched or remember “Barney.” I remember people not liking Barney back in…MORE

Meth found in Shreveport’s wastewater

Meth found in Shreveport’s wastewater

Well this is disgusting and downright disturbing! A new report says METH was found in Shreveport’s wastewater. According to our news partners at KTAL NBC 6: The data was collected by LSU Health Shreveport’s Louisiana Addiction Research Center using two different independent laboratories. The results show meth in Shreveport’s wastewater is double what has been…MORE

What was your favorite TOY growing up in Shreveport?

What was your favorite TOY growing up in Shreveport?

The National Toy Hall of Fame announced the three toys it’ll be inducting this year.  And they are . . . 1.  Lite-Brite 2.  Masters of the Universe 3.  The Top.  (Like the ancient toy you spin.  Not like a bikini top.)  (???) There are nine other finalists that didn’t get enough votes from toy industry experts, historians, and the general public to make…MORE

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