By Matt Vines February 24, 2026 SHREVEPORT – What happened to Mamie Till-Mobley after the murder of her son Emmett Till, a monumental event that helped spark the Civil Rights Movement? It’s a question many ask, and a question that the play “Mamie’s Angels” answers in resounding fashion. “(Mobley) was on the verge of a breakdown, but she enrolled in the Chicago Teachers College and started teaching,” said the play’s director Vincent Williams, a gifted drama teacher for Caddo P

By Matt Vines February 11, 2026 SHREVEPORT – Members of LSU Shreveport’s student body, faculty and alumni will play key roles in the upcoming production of “A Soldier’s Play” at Shreveport Little Theatre. The Pulitzer Prize winning play is a murder mystery of African-American officer Sergeant Vernon Waters set on an U.S. Army installation in the 1940’s segregated South. Water commands an all-black unit, and the play explores complex interracial and inner racial issues. Audien

By Matt Vines February 16, 2026 SHREVEPORT – The LSU Shreveport student body didn’t have to look far when voting for its 2026 Homecoming King and Queen. Shreveport natives Devyn Pitts and Courtney Patterson were coronated as the king and queen Thursday at halftime of the men’s basketball game. Pitt and Patterson, along with the rest of the LSUS Homecoming Court rode in Sunday’s Krewe of Highland parade, serving as LSUS ambassadors to the community. Pitts is a digital arts sop