WILLIS-KNIGHTON CONDUCTS CLINICAL TRIAL FOR COVID-19 THERAPY; DONORS WANTED

Willis-Knighton Health System has begun a clinical trial of the use of convalescent plasma therapy as an experimental treatment of COVID-19.

FOCUS FARMING BY: DAWN DILLARD FOR JACK DILLARD

Our “Easter Snap” that we are accustomed to here in the South blew through the area with much more than just cooler temperatures. Rain and wind crossed the Ark-La-Tex on Easter Sunday, leaving a lot of damage in its wake.

YOUR SPECIAL SUPERHERO POWER — SAVING LOCAL BUSINESS

BY:  LIZ SWAINE SHREVEPORT DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITYA friend recently quipped that it takes seven times doing something to form a habit. I’m not sure if that number is correct, but I do know that once a habit is entrenched, it is hard to break.

.. AND THEY PULLED IT OFF

by:  JON GLOVER CONTRIBUTING COLUMNISTCOVID-19 came energetically. An energy to disrupt. An energy that did disrupt. Now because of COVID-19, life as we all knew it stopped.A virus, COVID-19 did not just disrupt lives. COVID-19 disrupted businesses.Now quarantine.

‘LISTEN UP’: MIXED MESSAGING IS CONFUSING OUR COMMUNITY

BY:  BILLY ROY WAYNEI just finished watching a news feature whereby what appears to be more than two dozen individuals lined up outside the LSU/ Ochsner health-care facility. The feature was on the 10 p.m. news on April 13, and many of the participants were children and unmasked.

30-SECOND READ: SOFTENING SEPARATION’S STING

BY: JEFF GAUGERThe daily walk strengthens physical and mental health. It permits escape from pandemic’s house arrest.Yet the coronavirus has changed how walkers interact, in ways at once necessary, affirming and discouraging.No question, maintaining distance is necessary. We must.

DEAR GABBY, I CAN’T HELP BEING VERY INQUISITIVE. IS THIS A BAD THING?

Dear Gabby,My name is Rylan, and I’m 13 years old. I get picked on a lot by the boys and girls that I know. They ridicule me because of my growing interest of becoming an inventor. An inventor of what, I do not know, yet. I find myself always questioning the mechanics of things.

SUPPORTING THE ARTS IN A SOCIAL DISTANCING SOCIETY

The arts. From painting to poetry, from dancing to drama, from acting to anecdotes, the arts add a bit of sparkle to our busy, workaday lives.However, in this new world of social distancing, the interaction between artist and admirer has been dramatically changed.

CORONER: COVID-19 NUMBERS NOT VERY ACCURATE

Editor’s Note: Last week, KEEL-AM co-hosts Robert J. Wright and Erin McCarty interviewed Caddo Parish Coroner Todd Thoma about the classifications of coronavirus deaths. Below is a transcription of his remarks.Robert J.

MY FIRST TELEMED VIRTUAL VISIT WITH MY PHYSICIAN

By John E. Settle Jr.Editor / PublisherIt was a new life experience necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic. And it was a good one.Not being the most computer savvy person and being somewhat "old school" I had my reservations.

TELEHEALTH THE NEW WAVE OF HEALTH CARE?

It sounds like something out of “Star Trek” or maybe even “The Jetsons” — having a medical examination without the doctor present in the room, just on a video screen.

16 PAGES OF POSITIVE NEWS

This week’s FOCUS SB is all positive news! Flip the paper over, and The Inquisitor is 16 pages of crime

BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF LA. WAIVING COST-SHARING FOR CORONAVIRUS TREATMENT

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana says it will waive out-of-pocket costs for coronavirus medical treatments.

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ISSUES $43,000 FOR COVID-19 RELIEF

Community Foundation of North Louisiana created the COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund to assist nonprofit organizations that are directly responding to the coronavirus pandemic.This week CFNLA awarded the first round of grants from the COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund.

KCS TRAINS WILL START SPEEDING UP THIS MONTH

Whoo! Whoo! Bossier City residents will soon have less to worry about when trains block their way in the coming weeks.Beginning Sunday, April 12, and continuing through the first half of May, Kansas City Southern Railway Company (KCS) will increase the speeds of its trains on a 1.