Red River Radio News
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin spent part of this week promoting his upcoming Consumer Fraud and Protection Summit on Monday, September 28, and Tuesday, September 29.
Cultural, Community, Information
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Thursday, July 2, 2026, at 6 p.m. On this episode of Health Matters, we explore CAR T cell therapy, an innovative immunotherapy cancer treatment, newly available at Feist-Weiller Cancer Center in Shreveport in North Louisiana, to treat blood cancers. -
Rebecca Bonnevier, Executive Director of Artspace Shreveport, brings a wealth of experience in arts management and community engagement. She leads efforts to support local artists, activate public spaces, and make the arts accessible to all across downtown Shreveport. -
Host Janice Bezanson speaks with Romey Swanson from the Devils River Conservancy. -
Alex T. Ray Shreveport-born changemaker and owner of On A Mission LLC and Hyssop Care Sober Living Home, Alex champions recovery, purpose, and community. He also founded the Shreveport Father’s Day 5K Run & Walk and brings advanced training in psychology, human services, and organizational leadership to every initiative. -
Thursday, May 21, at 6 p.m. Dr. Anand Bhat will be joined by Dr. Sarah Baker, dermatologist with Ark-La-Tex Dermatology, to talk about skin protection– including facts about sunscreen–skin cancer prevention and treatment, and other skin care topics. Questions will be taken during the show at 1-800-552-8502. That’s Health Matters, Thursday at 6 p.m.
Spotlights
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Red River Radio's Kermit Poling speaks with cast members from Shreveport Little Theatre's new production of the musical Cabaret. -
Red River Radio's Kermit Poling speaks with Dr. Shane Rasmussen about the 46th annual Natchitoches-NSU Folk Festival, taking place on July 18. -
Host Kermit Poling speaks with the Honorable Mayor Tom Arceneaux, mayor of Shreveport, about the many America250 celebrations this year that the city has planned.
Local Events
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SFA Gardens Lecture Series to feature award-winning horticulturist, Greg Grant
Nacogdoches, Texas -- SFA Gardens will host the monthly Theresa and Les Reeves Lecture Series at 7 p.m. on August 13th in the Ina Brundrett Conservation Education Building at the Pineywoods Native Plant Center, 2900 Raguet Street, Nacogdoches, TX 75965. Dr. Greg Grant, will present “Postmortem: The Decline of Post Oaks and an Entire Ecosystem.”
Dr. Greg Grant serves as the Smith County horticulture extension agent with Texas A&M AgriLife. Dr. Grant is an award-winning horticulturist, writer, photographer, conservationist, and a seventh-generation Texan from Arcadia, Texas. He has previously worked as a horticulturist with SFA Gardens, Mercer Arboretum and San Antonio Botanical Gardens, and as an instructor at SFASU and LSU. Dr. Grant will discuss the description, evolution, coverage and plants of the Post Oak savannah in East Texas and the reasons for its decline.
A plant raffle will follow the presentation. Parking is available at the Pineywoods Native Plant Center, 2900 Raguet Street in Nacogdoches or next door at the Raguet Elementary School.
The Theresa and Les Reeves Lecture Series is held on the second Thursday of every month. Attendance is free, however donations to support the lecture series are gratefully accepted. For more information, email sfagardens@sfasu.edu or call 936-468-4129. -
SFA Gardens to host fall plant sale
NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s SFA Gardens will host
its annual Fabulous Fall Festival Plant Sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 10 at the Pineywoods Native Plant Center in historic Nacogdoches.
The sale will feature an array of hard-to-find, “Texas-tough” plants, like east Texas native plants, and pollinator-friendly selections. Expect to find great shrubs, like azaleas, and trees, including Japanese maples and more. A list of all available plants will be posted on the SFA Gardens website two weeks before the sale.
This very popular event helps to fund the staff salaries and the daily operations of SFA Gardens. The areas under the SFA Gardens umbrella include Mast Arboretum, Pineywoods Native Plant Center, Ruby M. Mize Azalea Garden, Gayla Mize Garden and Kingham Children’s Garden. Visiting the gardens is free, and the trials are open to the public every day from dawn to dusk.
Parking will be available at SFA’s Janice A. Pattillo Early Childhood Research Center, located at 2428 Raguet St. Visitors are encouraged to arrive early and bring a wagon for their plants.
For more information and a list of available plants, call (936) 468-4404 or visit sfasu.edu/sfagardens.
Find plants with colorful blooms like this bright daylily ‘Desert Flame’ pictured here. -
39th September Competition, Between the Lines: 250
Years of American Poetry, Josep María García-Llort from the Freedman Collection. -
Exhibition featuring Simone Soileau, Bill Bryant, & the Resident Artist Annual Summer Show.
News Feed
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with NBC health and medical news reporter Erika Edwards about the Trump Administration's cuts to federal agencies affects food safety measures.
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Maine Democrats have chosen their candidate to run against incumbent GOP Sen. Susan Collins. Troy Jackson, former state lawmaker, steps in where the scandal-plagued Graham Platner stepped out.
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This week the federal government is to release new rules for how much water each of the seven states that share the Colorado River will get. Effects on the ecosystem were largely left unconsidered.
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Wildfires in southern Europe continue to devastate rural areas. In Spain and France, several fires are burning out of control as hundreds of thousands of people are evacuated.
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An advisory council stacked with President Trump's allies voted to relax a 60-year-old historic preservation law, paving the way for federal projects that could harm historic sites across the country.
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We'll look at how the war with Iran might shape the outcome for the 2026 Midterm elections, as well as how the new Democratic senate candidate in Maine might fare against the Republican incumbent.
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Oil prices surpassed $100 a barrel last week. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Bob McNally, founder of the research firm Rapidan Energy Group, about how the Iran war is disrupting oil supplies.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with April Longley Alley of the Washington Institute about the Houthi rebels in Yemen. The Iran-aligned group is restricting ship traffic through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
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Folk-Americana musician Hana Fleur talks about her song entry into the Tiny Desk Contest, "Love a Woman."
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Sony's Playstation games once ran solely on discs. But with advances in technology, physical discs are unnecessary, and the company will soon stop making them.
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