Make-a-Wish Foundation looking for sponsors for upcoming fundraiser

Make-a-Wish Foundation looking for sponsors for upcoming fundraiser

The Make-a-Wish Foundation's Texas Gulf Coast & Louisiana Chapter is still looking for sponsors for its Wishmaker 5K Run, which will be from 8 a.m. to noon on November 12 at Bossier Parish Community College. The deadline to become a sponsor for the event is September 2. For more information on becoming a sponsor contact Joyce Winslow at 318-918-5010. You can also email her at joyce.winslow@hotmail.com.

LA Association for the Blind offering new products to promote breast cancer awareness

LA Association for the Blind offering new products to promote breast cancer awareness

The Louisiana Association for the Blind has launched a new line of products that will create 12 new jobs and help support breast cancer awareness. The LAB says 15% of the proceeds from every item purchased will be donated toward breast cancer awareness programs and research.

The products include legal pads in 5” x 8” and 8 ½” x 11” sizes in pink and white with a pink leatherette binding at the top and the words “Breast Cancer Awareness” with the ribbon symbol embossed in white.  Pink “Recipe for Prevention” 5” x 8” recipe cards complete the offering.

Guy's Academy offering free haircuts to students

Guy's Academy offering free haircuts to students

Guy's Academy in the Shreve City Shopping Center will have its 3rd Annual Free Haircuts for school-age children in grades K-12. The free haircuts will be on August 2, 3 & 4 and on August 9, 10, & 11. Also from August 2-31, anyone who donates unopened school supplies will be entered into a drawing for a $50 gift certificate (1 entry per visit). Supplies will go to the school with the most children's haircuts. Call 265-5591 to make a reservation.

Kings Highway Church holding Book Fair

Kings Highway Church holding Book Fair

The Kings Highway Christian Church will hold it's "Book Fair With A Flare" from 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 30 at the church, located on 806 Kings Highway at the corner of Kings Highway and Line Avenue. For more information call 222-3684.

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Shreveport man arrested for having $231K in stolen oil field parts.

Shreveport man arrested for having $231K in stolen oil field parts.

SHREVEPORT, LA (KSLA) – Caddo sheriff's detectives arrested a man for possessing thousands of dollars in property stolen from a Bossier City business.

41-year-old Freddie M. Widmer of Shreveport surrendered at the Caddo Correctional Center Wednesday night and was booked into jail for illegal possession of stolen things over $1,500.

Photo shoot planned for the support of same-sex marriage and equality

Photo shoot planned for the support of same-sex marriage and equality

Because of the response from the public for the upcoming PACE (People Acting for Change and Equality) photo shoot, the starting time has been moved up from 10 a.m. to 9 a.m. this Saturday.

The location has also changed. It will now be at the 12th Floor Great Room of the Highland View Apartments, 1846 Fairfield Ave., Shreveport, LA (the tall round apartment building on the corner of Fairfield and Olive, next to Channel 12). 

Art in Bloom topic of upcoming tour at Norton Art Gallery

Art in Bloom topic of upcoming tour at Norton Art Gallery

"Art in Bloom" is the theme of the Norton Art Gallery's August First Saturday Tour. The tour is at 2 p.m. Saturday, August 6 at the gallery, located at 4747 Creswwell Ave.