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🌱 Patch AM: Shreveport community prepares to honor David Michael “Skeeter” Snider
Coming up: LABOR DAY HOLIDAY - GARBAGE COLLECTION SCHEDULE on the Shreveport Patch calendar
Hello Shreveport! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Shreveport community prepares to honor David Michael "Skeeter" Snider
- Shreveport remembers veteran public servant Jim Holt after his passing
- Which Shreveport students just landed coveted CaddoWorks internships this fall?
Today's riddle: Where do math teachers go on vacation? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, with a high of 95 and low of 76 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Sunday: Hot with a t-storm in spots, temps: high: 100, low: 78.
- Monday: Mostly sunny and hot, with a high of 100 and low of 75 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. Remembering David Michael 'Skeeter' Snider (shreveportbossierjournal.com) — Family and friends in Shreveport are preparing to honor David Michael "Skeeter" Snider, a beloved singer, car enthusiast, and people-person whose life began and later returned here. Services will be held September 12 at Shreveport Community Church, where his music, faith, and laughter will be remembered by children, grandchildren, and a wide circle of loved ones. 
2. Veteran Shreveport employee Jim Holt dies; mayor issues statement (shreveporttimes.com) — Shreveport residents are mourning longtime city employee Jim Holt, a former Assistant Director of Public Works and Director of Property Standards remembered for solving everyday problems for citizens. Mayor Tom Arceneaux and other city leaders praised Holt's decades of hands-on service, emphasizing his commitment to listening to residents and finding practical solutions across Shreveport neighborhoods.
3. Caddo Parish high school students prepare for workforce at annual internship signing day (westcentralsbest.com) — Shreveport-area families may want to know that 32 Caddo Parish high school students have just signed on for paid internships with 20 local employers through the new CaddoWorks program. Backed by Caddo Schools and the Greater Shreveport Chamber, the initiative connects teens with real-world experience in fields from healthcare and construction to public service and hospitality, building a stronger local workforce pipeline.
4. Shreveport designer headlines Paris Fashion Week 2026 (ksla.com) — A Shreveport-born designer, Tiffany Walker of Pink Lucy, is set to headline Paris Fashion Week 2026, bringing roots from local stages to one of fashion's biggest runways. She began producing her own shows in Shreveport as a teen and now debuts a 15-piece global-inspired collection expected to reach tens of thousands of viewers.
5. $30M orphan well cleanup program begins in north Louisiana (neworleanscitybusiness.com) — A major orphan oil and gas well cleanup is launching in north Louisiana, with one of the two main project districts centered on the Shreveport area. Backed by at least $30 million in federal funding, the program will target thousands of abandoned wells over three to five years, potentially creating subcontracting work for Shreveport-area oilfield service companies while tightening oversight to prevent future orphan wells.
📸 Around Shreveport
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Shreveport
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- LABOR DAY HOLIDAY - GARBAGE COLLECTION SCHEDULE →
Shreveport, LA Calendar Shreveport, LA 71101
8:00 am - USAF Band of the West
Shreveport Municipal Auditorium , 705 Elvis Presley Ave, Shreveport, LA, 71101, United States
7:00 pm - Administrative Conference and City Council Meeting →
Shreveport, LA Calendar Shreveport, LA 71101
3:00 pm - Tracy Lawrence: No Alibis Tour
Shreveport Municipal Auditorium, 705 Elvis Presley Ave, Shreveport
7:30 pm
Monday September 7
Tuesday September 8
Friday September 11
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Covington - Morning Announcements
Bossier Elementary School Bossier City, LA 71111
7:45 am - Morning Announcements
Bossier Elementary School Bossier City, LA 71111
7:45 am - Lady Cougar Volleyball Games at Benton Middle
Cope Middle School Bossier City, LA 71111
5:00 pm - Back to School Night/Book Fair/LEAP/DIBELS night
Plantation Park Elementary School Bossier City, LA 71111
5:00 pm - FOOTBALL Haughton @HOME-R,P
Elm Grove Middle School Bossier City, LA 71112
5:00 pm - Lady Mustang Volleyball Game
Greenacres Middle School 250 Champion Shrs, Haughton, LA 71037, USA
5:00 pm - CMS Football: vs Greenacres Middle
Cope Middle School Airline High
5:00 pm - GMS Football @ Cope
Greenacres Middle School Bossier City, LA 71111
5:00 pm
Monday September 7
Tuesday September 8
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- FREE Items-need to go together.
Pair of lamps with shades, 2 turbi style hair towels, some things you put in washer to catch lint from clothes-they didn't work for me, a set of thin… (Nextdoor Forest Park Estates) - Morning neighbor need help finding a company or individual that can reset my tablet to manufacture setting for the life of me I cannot remember my password.
I don't use it at all and was about to give to my great granddaughter. Thanking you in advance. (Nextdoor Ellerbe Road Estates)
- Burlington Stores posted a job opening for Retail Stocking Associate - Part Time in Shreveport. Apply here.
- MyJobsCorner posted a job opening for Inventory Control Jobs: Hiring Immediately! Full Time / Part Time - $18-$36/Hr in Shreveport. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Shreveport here.
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Times Square (Thank you Jean K. for sending it in!)
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