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The lawsuit, filed by the office of Texas Atty. Gen. Ken Paxton, accuses Johnson and Johnson, and the now-independent corporate spinoff Kenvue, that makes Tylenol, of violating the state’s Deceptive Trade Practices Act by marketing Tylenol to pregnant mothers as safe.
Cultural, Community, Information
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Wed., Oct. 15, 6 p.m. Guests for this episode of Conserving Earth discuss wind energy development and the plans for offshore, near-shore, and onshore wind turbines in Louisiana. Host Rebecca Triche is joined by Kara Fox with National Audubon Society, Stacy Ortego with National Wildlife Federation, and Madelyn Smith with Southeastern Wind Coalition. They talk about considerations for wildlife and habitat and how wind is a part of the overall energy strategy in Louisiana. -
Airs November 3, 2025 - Terri Mathews is the Executive Director of Downtown Shreveport Unlimited and founder of Gumbeaux Event Productions. With deep roots in community events like Mudbug Madness, BREW, and Rockets over the Red, she brings decades of cultural leadership to the region while also serving on local nonprofit boards and raising her daughter Chloe. -
Alicia Mingo is a dedicated healthcare advocate with over 20 years of experience serving families in the Shreveport area. As founder of Happy Healthy Pregnancy LLC and the nonprofit Birth Well Shreveport, she empowers mothers through personalized doula and lactation services while working to improve maternal and infant health outcomes across the community.
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On this episode of Visions and Ventures, Shannon Johnson speaks with Ron Smith. -
Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, at 6 p.m. On this episode of Health Matters, we talk about homelessness in our community. Ranae Moran is joined by Pastor Larry Otwell, Executive Director of the Shreveport-Bossier Rescue Mission, Donna Otwell, Director of the Women and Children’s Program at the Shreveport-Bossier Rescue Mission, and Sharpel Welch, Executive Director of Providence House.
Spotlights
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Red River Radio's Kermit Poling speaks with Michael Butterman, music director of the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra, and Yizhen Chen, guest pianist in a spotlight about the SSO's opening concert, October 18th at Riverview Theatre. -
Red River Radio's Kermit Poling speaks with Michael Butterman, music director of the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra, and Yizhen Chen, guest pianist in a spotlight about the SSO's opening concert, October 18th at Riverview Theatre.
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Red River Radio's Mark Pizzolato speaks with Gregory Kallenberg, the head of Prize Fest, about the 2025 edition of the festival, including the Film Prize, Music Prize and more, coming next week to Shreveport.
Local Events
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The South Arkansas Symphony presents a program of Chopin and Dvorak, featuring Wideman Gold Medaliat Ilya Shmuckler in performance with the symphony. 7 pm concert at the Marshall Memorial City Hall performance center, repeating Sunday at 3 pm in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Jefferson. -
Natives, Pollinators and Shade Gardening Featured at SFA Garden Lecture
Nacogdoches—SFA Gardens will host the monthly Theresa and Les Reeves Lecture Series at 7:00 pm on November 13 in the Ina Brundrett Conservation Education Building at the Pineywoods Native Plant Center, 2900 Raguet Street, Nacogdoches.
Heidi Sheesley, owner of Treesearch Farms in Houston, will present “Natives, Pollinators and Shade Gardening” and share decades of experience choosing extraordinary plants that thrive in Houston’s unique climate.
Sheesley started Treesearch Farms in 1983, and she strives to provide unique, different and hard-to-find plants for the homeowner. As a wholesale grower, most plants are grown from cuttings or seed collected from Treesearch Farms demonstration gardens. Located in the heart of Houston, the nursery consists of over 25 acres of greenhouses, cold frames, gardens, chicken and turkey coops and a pond.
The Theresa and Les Reeves Lecture Series is held on the second Thursday of each month and includes a plant raffle after the program. Attendance is free, and donations to the lecture series fund are appreciated. Parking is available at the Pineywoods Native Plant Center and Raguet Elementary, 2708 Raguet Street.
For more information, call 936-468-4129 or email sfagardens@sfasu.edu. -
2025 SENIOR DAY EXPO will take place on Thursday, October 30th in Bossier City!
Make plans to attend the largest senior/boomer expo in Northwest Louisiana. The 15th annual “2025 Senior Day Expo” will take place on Thursday, October 30, 2025 from 9 am to 3 pm in the beautiful and fabulous ballroom at Live! Casino and Hotel located at 711 Live! Casino Blvd in Bossier City, LA 71111.
The Expo admission is FREE and parking is FREE. At admission, please bring canned goods to donate to the Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana. Enjoy the many gaming opportunities, restaurants, and cocktail bars at Live! Casino and Hotel. There will be lots of fun, live entertainment, presentations, hundreds of giveaways, hundreds of door prizes, many health screenings, flu and pneumonia and other vaccines, and valuable information from over 120 exhibitors.
Attendees can also register to win the many special GRAND DOOR PRIZES valued at over $1,000 each! Must be present to win any of the door prizes.
Important: To pre-register to attend the Senior Day Expo on October 30th and to enter a drawing to win a special prize package, please email your name and address to seniordayexpo@gmail.com
We hope to see you at the 2025 Senior Day Expo on Thursday, October 30th from 9 am to 3 pm at Live! Casino and Hotel in Bossier City, LA! -
Slow Food North Louisiana, a Shreveport-based nonprofit, will partner with Cultural Crossroads of Minden to host “Hand Them Down to Lift Them Up: An Heirloom Food Forum” at The Farm at Cultural Crossroads of Minden, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., on Saturday, Nov. 15. The Farm is located at 419 East Union Street in Minden, about a 30-minute drive from Shreveport. Tickets to the event, which will include a special, Edna Lewis-inspired lunch prepared by Chef Hardette Harris, are $40 each for general admission or $35 each for current Slow Food members. Tickets may be purchased in advance at slowfoodnorthla.org/events. Ticket sales will close on Friday, Nov. 14.
The event’s conference-like morning sessions will spotlight efforts of the North Louisiana Seed Preservation Program to track down and bring back to life regional foods believed to be extinct due to the impacts of industrial food production and budget cuts. In particular, attendees will hear the story of how the North Louisiana-born Red-N-Sweet watermelon was rediscovered and returned to grocery stores thanks to seed-saving efforts. Attendees will also learn how to acquire and save heirloom seeds in North Louisiana. Following lunch by Chef Hardette Harris there will be a screening of the 55-minute PBS documentary film Finding Edna Lewis and an in-person conversation with the film’s executive producer and host, Deb Freeman.
News Feed
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Federal food assistance could be cut off Saturday because of the shutdown. But a federal judge could decide to take steps to ensure federal food assistance keeps flowing.
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NPR's A Martinez speaks to Democratic Gov. Matt Meyer of Delaware, who declared a state of emergency to temporarily fund SNAP benefits for his state's recipients of the federal food aid.
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With millions of Americans at risk of losing access to their federal food benefits Saturday, food banks across the country are finding ways to help those in need.
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Bill Pugliano/Getty Images North AmericaAutomakers have been paying billions of dollars in tariffs on imported cars, parts and materials. But on earnings calls this month, some carmakers reported that they're performing well anyway. -
A judge will decide whether access to SNAP benefits can be cut off, pressure increases for lawmakers to end the shutdown, what the U.S. resuming nuclear testing would mean for the country.
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A new film directed by Kathryn Bigelow wonders how the U.S. would react to a nuclear missile launch of undetermined origin heading its way.
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King Charles III is stripping his brother Prince Andrew of his remaining titles and evicting him from his royal residence, following revelations about Andrew's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
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The dispute over extending the Affordable Care Act subsidies is at the center of the shutdown fight, and it's put America's healthcare system at centerstage. So what solutions are lawmakers proposing?
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One small town in Michigan is debating whether to allow data centers. It's a topic getting pushback all over the country. The Planet Money team explores the hot button issue.
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UN officials say it is difficult to estimate just how many civilians have been killed in El Fasher, a city in Sudan's Darfur region that fell to a brutal paramilitary force.
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