Sportcoats: Louisiana’s corrections department is asking people to donate professional clothing they no longer want to help people leaving prison have something to wear for job interviews. The National Suit Drive is a partnership with Refined by Fire Ministries and Men’s Wearhouse. Men’s Wearhouse locations around the state are accepting donations of used and cleaned workwear items. Donations will be accepted until July 31. Read the full story.
Restaurant week: Nine New Orleans black-owned restaurants, including Willie Mae’s Scotch House and Neyow’s Creole Cafe, are taking part in the city’s first Black Restaurant Week this week. The event runs through Sunday and aims to celebrate the flavors of African-American, African and Caribbean cuisines. Black Restaurant Week also features a culinary showcase with top local chefs and a bartender competition. Black Restaurant Week started in Houston in 2016 and has spread to other cities including Oakland, Philadelphia, Atlanta and Los Angeles. Read the full story.
Closing time: Four Rite Aid stores in Acadiana will close this month, and two will stay open but be rebranded as Walgreens—repercussions of Walgreens’ October acquisition of 1,932 Rite Aid Stores across the country, The Daily Advertiser reports. Walgreens says integrating the store locations will cost $750 million. Six hundred Rite Aid stores will close as part of the acquisition. Of these, most were within one mile of another store within the Walgreens brand says a Walgreens spokeswoman. The company announced in June that two Baton Rouge area Rite Aids will close. Read the full story.
