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Frances Tompkins attended the 2024 memorial ceremony on Thursday [05/16] Morning for local fallen officers at the Police and Firefighters Memorial in Barnwell Gardens. It is located along the Clyde Fant Parkway in downtown Shreveport. Her husband, Thomas Glen Tompkins, died in the line of duty while serving as a Shreveport Police Patrolman on October 20, 1978.
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The ceremony took place at the Police and Firefighters Memorial in Barnwell Gardens located on Clyde Fant Parkway in downtown Shreveport.
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  • Thursday, April 25, 2024, at 6 p.m. Join Call to Mind host Kimberly Adams for this one-hour broadcast special. Nearly half of incarcerated Americans have a history of mental illness – that's twice the prevalence of mental illness in the adult population of the United States. People with serious mental illnesses encounter law enforcement and the court system for many reasons. This program brings together stories of people who have lived with mental illness while incarcerated. We also meet mental health providers calling for increased mental health care in prisons and jails, and legal experts pioneering new systems.
  • On this episode, we will discuss the concept of teaching basketball fundamentals and highlight court specialists who teach, reach, and inspire individuals of all ages to play the right way.
  • Thursday, April 18, 2024, at 6 p.m. Black women and girls experience discrimination, microaggressions and stereotypes every day. Living with daily racism has a profound impact on the mental health, well-being and lives of all those coping with it. This special program explores the unique mental health burdens of Black women and girls in the United States.
  • Join Cliff this week as he and entomologist Dr. Beverly Burden collab for their annual joint episode, "The Birds and Bees". They will be taking your phone calls at 1-800-552-8502 so call in with your favorite bird or bug question!
  • Airs Mon., April 8, 6 p.m. Shannon Johnston and Marcie Howard sit down with Marshall Fulgium, owner of Benton Martial Arts. He describes how he built his business into the fun-filled, family-oriented martial arts studio it is today.
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Red River Radio's Kermit Poling speaks with Michael Butterman, music director of the SSO, and guest pianist Alessio Bax, about their upcoming performance this weekend.
Local Events
  • Come party with Slive & Manifest @ ArtSpace (3rd Floor), on Tuesday, May 21, 2024!

    From 7 PM - 9:30 PM, Manifest, a Shreveport-based artist collective, will host one of its signature open jams and art breakouts.

    Slive will take the stage from 9:30 PM - 10 PM, performing tracks from his latest album, “Underdog,” an original soundtrack for Suzan-Lori Parks’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Topdog/Underdog.”

    To kick off the evening he will also present an original short play, “Couch Potato,” which tells the story of a man who travels back in time to find himself.

    Slive’s performance is one in a series of Manifest Spotlight Sets highlighting prominent active members of Manifest Art Collective.

    THIS EVENT IS FREE, ALL AGES, & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!

    Stream "Underdog" by Slive on all platforms: https://set.page/slive/
  • Vacations, camps and summer get-togethers are on the horizon, and Walmart wants to help make your health a priority for them all. Join Walmart for Wellness Day on Saturday, May 18, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Customers can receive free health screenings for things like glucose, cholesterol, BMI and blood pressure, as well as affordable immunizations against COVID-19, shingles, tetanus, measles and others at pharmacies nationwide. Customers will also find a broad assortment of product offerings ranging from allergy relief options to vitamins and more.

    Walmart Wellness Day encourages families to check in on their health by providing tools and resources to seek care, improve healthy lifestyles and maintain successful habits. Nearly 4,600 Walmart pharmacies across the country will host Walmart Wellness Day events from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time on Saturday, May 18. Select stores will feature vision screenings, in-store giveaways and demos of wellness products to make it even easier for customers to access the specialized services they need.

    Walmart Wellness Day events feature the following health resources, administered by qualified pharmacy and Vision Center teams:

    - Free health screenings, including glucose, cholesterol, blood pressure, body mass index and vision screenings (select locations).
    - Affordable immunizations, including COVID, measles, mumps, pneumonia, tetanus, HPV, rubella (MMR), varicella (chicken pox/shingles), whooping cough (TDAP), Hepatitis A & B and more.
    - Wellness resources and the opportunity to talk with pharmacists.

    Since 2014, Walmart pharmacies have hosted Walmart Wellness Days, contributing more than 5 million free health screenings for customers. More than 4,000 Walmart stores are in medical professional shortage areas, which means Walmart is often the first stop for health care in these communities.

  • Star on the Door
    by Jack Sharkey and Leo W. Sears

    May 30 – June 9: Presented by City Park Players. Cinema legend Doreen Lewis, nervously about to make her Broadway debut opposite her ardent admirer Paul Burnside, intercepts a phone call for her dresser who is secretly wed to Doreen’s son confirming that “Mrs. Lewis” is pregnant. A loony resolution caps this evening of non-stop guffaws. Tickets available at cpptheatre.com or at the door 30 minutes before showtime.
  • The opening concert for the 47th season of the Shreveport Summer Music Festival. Free event. Features music of Mozart and Haydn. Featured soloist is John-Henry Crawford, cello. Conducted by Kermit Poling.
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