SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, Feb. 17 -- Centenary College of Louisiana issued the following news release: Arcemio T. Smith, a 2018 graduate of Centenary's Master of Arts in Teaching program with a master's degree in music education, has been named Teacher of the Year at Judson Fundamental Magnet in Shreveport. Smith is the music enrichment teacher at Judson and moves on to compete for Elementary Teacher of the Year in Caddo Parish. "The Centenary MAT program caught my attention because it was the on more PR

ADA, Oklahoma, Feb. 18 -- The Chickasaw Nation, a federally-recognized Native American tribe, issued the following news release: Kinsha Walker is a Chickasaw health care hero. Residing in Louisiana as a private health care nurse, Walker has traveled the country helping those in need by using her skills to nurse people afflicted with COVID-19. Having had COVID-19 herself, she knows firsthand how dangerous this virus is. When the calls came for nurses to travel to places where COVID-19 was hitti more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Feb. 16 -- Entergy issued the following news release on Feb. 15, 2021: Entergy Texas has started periodic power outages for its customers across southeast Texas. The company is taking this action as directed by our reliability coordinator, the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, as a last resort and in order to prevent a more extensive, prolonged power outage that could severely affect the reliability of the power grid. Crews have taken proactive steps to prepare  more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Feb. 19 -- Loyola University issued the following news release: To address a glaring lack of transparency on deaths in prisons, jails, and detention centers, Loyola University New Orleans Law Professor Andrea Armstrong has launched a new two-year project examining deaths in custody in Louisiana. This project is an innovative new model that puts law students on the cutting edge of research, while also providing in-depth data and analysis for policy makers, advocates, and  more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 19 -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news: The LSU AgCenter Northeast Research Station will host a soil health forum on March 17. The forum is supported by the Patrick F. Taylor Foundation and National Resource Conservation Service. The Patrick F. Taylor Foundation awarded a grant to the LSU AgCenter to fund a four-year research project on reducing nutrient runoff from crop fields. The primary goal of the forum is to highlight and de more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 19 -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: As Louisiana continues to roll out the COVID-19 vaccine throughout the state, one LSU department has utilized its experience in biological events and tactical training to help state agencies with the most important aspects of their plans. The LSU National Center for Biomedical Research and Training/Academy of Counter-Terrorist Education, or LSU NCBRT/ACE, is a nationally recognized center for emerg more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Louisiana, Feb. 18 -- Louisiana State University Alexandria campus issued the following news: The City of Alexandria is partnering with the Louisiana State University of Alexandria College of Business to create a 10-week online business training program for local entrepreneurs. The Launchpad program, which will run from March 1 until May 5, is designed to help individuals interested in creating their own business develop an effective business plan and create a sustainable business  more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 20 -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news: More than 60 hours of subfreezing temperatures, including lows in the mid- to lower teens in the northern region of the Louisiana sugarcane belt, has many growers concerned about the effects it will have on next year's crop. LSU AgCenter sugarcane specialist Kenneth Gravois has been monitoring the situation across the growing area and is optimistic the damage is not too severe. Like most seve more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 18 -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news: LSU AgCenter researchers shared their latest findings during an online continuing education program for the Louisiana Agricultural Consultants Association Feb. 10 to 11. The consultants went online for the Louisiana Agricultural Technology and Management Conference that included sessions for sugarcane, rice, soybeans, cotton, corn, sweet potatoes and grain sorghum. The presentations can be v more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 19 -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news: The LSU AgCenter state forestry extension team will host two virtual forums this year with two themes and held on two dates. The first forum, set for March 9, will focus on hurricane recovery, while the second event on March 23 will cover forest management and tax advice. Both events will begin at 8:30 a.m. The forums are professional development meetings that feature information from AgCent more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Feb. 17 -- Entergy issued the following news release: Entergy's reliability coordinator, MISO, has cancelled its order for power outages in the Entergy Texas region. Shortly, after this, Entergy Texas began restoring customers who were affected by these outages back to service. However, winter weather in the forecast could cause additional outages over the next few days. "We know how challenging these past couple of days have been for our customers and communities," sai more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 19 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that beginning Monday, February 22, an additional group of Louisianans - K-12 teachers, school support staff, day care staff, those who are pregnant and Louisianans aged 55 to 64 with certain health conditions - are eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine. This group represents around 475,000 Louisianans and will bring the total population eligible in Louisiana to nearl more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Feb. 20 (TNSGra) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Tulane University's School of Science and Engineering has been awarded a $1 million grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation to do what no physicist has ever done before: see through opaque matter using superoscillations of light in a time-domain spectroscopy lab. That phrase might be difficult for the layperson to grasp, but its results could eventually transform a wide range of fields and technologie more PR