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9:23am

Wed April 18, 2012
Science

Conference presents BP Oil Spill report card, two years later

Credit AP File Photo

The Environment and Health Council of Louisiana hosts a conference April 18 to highlight research under way on the health of the Gulf two years after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. The daylong conference is at Nicholls State's Bollinger Memorial Student Union in Thibodaux, La.

8:27am

Tue April 17, 2012
Commentary

History Matters: A stolen bomber lands in Shreveport

Commentator Gary Joiner recalls a story about a stolen bomber, a tidbit of history that has flown under the radar.

9:42am

Mon April 16, 2012
Arts

National Haiku Poetry Day to be celebrated in Shreveport

The Northwest Louisiana Haiku Society will host an open mic for Haiku readings at the Shreve Memorial Library's Broadmoor Branch on Tuesday, April 17, at 6:30 p.m.

9:45am

Fri April 13, 2012
Commentary

McDonald: On the history of Tax Day

Commentator Archie McDonald treats listeners to a history lesson on how the IRS filing deadline came to be.

9:35am

Fri April 13, 2012
Local

LSU survey reveals aversion toward "fracking" terminology

The drilling term "frack" could use an image makeover, according to a new study by the LSU Public Policy Research Lab. Research Michael Climek says the word "fracking" significantly impacted how survey respondents viewed the process, both in terms of safety and whether the state should encourage it.

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