Life

Fifty-five years ago, on December 31, 1969, President Richard Nixon proclaimed the first National BloodDonor Month in January 1970 to honor voluntary blood donors and to encourage people to give …

By: Annie Gilmer, Community Engagement Librarian This latest Day I’ve been reading about is a fairly new one and was started in London by a blogger, MarDixon. In the years since …

Olivia McClure | LSU AgCenter Say the word mistletoe, and many of us think of the holiday tradition of receiving a kiss underneath a cluster of green leaves. But if …

As the holiday season approaches, Bossier City is bustling with events, milestones, and plans for the future. In this week’s edition of the Bossier City Spotlight, we bring you updates …

By Joe W. White, Ph.D.Extension Horticulturist, (ret.)LSU AgCenterDecember 2024 Garden catalogs have been with us for many years, but some of the first printed were crude.However, they contained gardening information …

This week, the City of Bossier took time to honor the memory of former Public Information Officer Traci Ponder. Mayor Tommy Chandler reflected on her contributions, stating, “Traci Ponder served …

Imagine it’s Thanksgiving, eighty years ago. It’s 1944 and World War II had been widely predicted fromauthoritative sources to be over by Thanksgiving, certainly in Europe. Instead, American troops were …

Haughton Middle School Assistant Principal Ashley Sanchez has something in common with thefictional character of Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz. They both say “There’s no place like home.” Sanchez …

An aspiring veterinarian who is learning to speak Japanese; a sports enthusiast and dancer who also performs with theShreveport Little Theater; and a cheerleader and Red Jacket who has a …

Looking straight at me and my coworker Sarah-Elizabeth Gundlach, Ms. LaRue Parker, the tribal chair of the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma, asked us how we would feel if someone dug …