Clydesdales: Budweiser has decided not to renew its advertising contract for the iconic Budweiser Clydesdale Mural on Government Street downtown, according to a release from STUN Design & Interactive. The building, which sits on the corner of Government and St. Charles streets, has played host to the east-facing mural since 2004. The building is owned by Chuck Sanchez, principal of Doublechuck Advertising and CEO of STUN.
Winner: Winter Innovations, a startup based in Memphis, Tennessee, won the sixth annual $25,000 Louisiana Startup Prize in Shreveport The Shreveport Times reports. The company is working to innovate the whip stitch method of surgical stitching with a first-of-its-kind two-part hollow needle. Its aim is to revolutionize the way the surgical world operates on athletic injuries like ligament and tendon repair and replacement. Read the full story.
Awards: The Speech-Language Department of Ascension Public Schools received the Louisiana Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s “Public School Program of the Year” Award for 2019, WAFB-TV reports. The award is the second one for Ascension Parish, with the last time being in 1999. Read the full story.
