Here's your local news at a glance for Saturday, the 26th of September.
Good morning, Shreveport.
🏘️ Community
Officials from Pioneer Heritage Center and community leaders broke ground Friday on the Rotary Club of South Shreveport Centennial Pavilion behind the General Store on the LSUS Shreveport grounds.
The 600 sqft facility will offer shade for tours and group meetings and is expected to finish by March.
💼 Business
The Shreveport-Bossier City Advocate launched 318Digest this Wednesday to offer free monthly print news in locations across northwest Louisiana from a team of 11 journalists covering news, sports, food and business.
An electronic edition is also available online.
🎭 Culture
Shreveport artist William Joyce is featured at the new Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles, which opened Tuesday, Sept.
22 (his work is shown next to Maurice Sendak’s style in over 100,000 sqft of gallery space).
🎓 Education
Twelve students from Bossier Schools Distance Learning Program visited the Deaf Action Center in Shreveport to practice ASL while playing bingo and enjoying a spaghetti lunch today.
They gained practical experience with Deaf culture and boosted their language skills.
LA Tech President Jim Henderson said in an email Friday that he will retire at the end of 2026 due to declining health (he plans to focus on family), leaving a legacy of record enrollment growth and major campus projects while discussions about his replacement are underway.
🏈 Sports
Thursday, Parkway rallied for a 29-6 win at Independence Stadium while North DeSoto and Minden posted shutout victories; tonight, 15 high school teams will play key games, with matchups including Captain Shreve (at Haughton) and Airline (hosting Franklin Parish on M.D.
Ray Field).
LSU may use new offensive linemen tonight (6:30 p.m.) at Tiger Stadium as it faces Texas A&M in a pivotal SEC game.
Both teams, each with a 2-1 record, are fighting to secure a win and boost their playoff chances.
Shreveport native Sam Burns sank a crucial birdie putt on the 13th hole Thursday in the opening Presidents Cup match at Medinah Country Club to help the U.S. secure a 3-2 lead as Scottie Scheffler sealed the win with a par putt.
District play kicks off tonight in our local high school football season as Captain Shreve faces undefeated Haughton with new starting quarterback Maddox Parrott (45-of-69 pass completions in three games) to bolster their championship run.
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