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Townsquare Shreveport Townie Awards 2021 Enter your number to get our free mobile app Local businesses have always been an integral part of the fabric of our community, and supporting these businesses has never been more important. Townsquare Shreveport is committed to standing with local businesses, and the people who bring them to life and make them special. So we are very proud to introduce our inaugural Townsquare Shreveport Townie Awards for 2021. The Townies are our way of honoring some of the local businesses that help define the unique character of the Shreveport community. We know y...

SHREVEPORT, La. - "We like to call it the chimp life." That's the way Chimp Haven Director Amy Fultz described expanding the environment, scenery and surroundings at Chimp Haven in 2021. The staff has a lot to look forward to. "Chimp Haven is home to over 300 chimpanzees, most of whom were used in biological research. Back in 2015 the federal government ended biomedical and research and designated Chimp Haven would be the place that they would retire," said Rana Smith, president and CEO. Riley enjoys a hammock at the recently opened new corral.  For those not familiar, Chimp Haven is a non...

Animal Protection of New Mexico and the Humane Society of the United States filed a federal lawsuit Jan. 14 against the National Institutes of Health about a group of chimpanzees residing on Holloman Air Force Base. The suit alleges the National Institutes of Health violated federal law when 44 chimpanzees remained at the Alamogordo Primate Facility on the base in 2019 following a 2015 National Institutes of Health decision to end biomedical research on chimpanzees. While at the facility, the chimps were used for biomedical research.  They were exposed to "various" microorganisms, per the...

Marilyn Barnett, New Orleans public relations maven, dies at 97 Barnett perfected public relations at several hotels, including the Royal Orleans, Fairmont & Hilton. She was also a pioneering sports journalist and tennis star. Author: Dominic Massa / WWL-TV Updated: 4:34 PM CST January 17, 2021 NEW ORLEANS — Marilyn Barnett, who perfected the art of public relations for nearly four decades at the Royal Orleans, Roosevelt and Hilton hotels, where she developed friendships with movie stars, famous authors and symphony conductors, died Sunday. She was 97. Ms. Ba...

The chimps at Keithville's Chimp Haven, just like the rest of us, had a fun day in the snow on Monday!