LaCour is a founder and former director of the National Association of Black Journalists’ High School Journalism Workshop (JSHOP is in its 15th year – a scholarship for participants has been named in his honor). He is a freelance correspondent with The Oklahoma Eagle with more than 17 years of print experience as a copy editor. He has awards from NABJ, AP, SPJ, and ONE. He has a National Journalism Educators Association Friend of Scholastic Journalism award. In addition, LaCour has over 25 years of experience in radio broadcasting. He has served on the National Association of Black Journalists’ board as a region director, as well as serving as a state director and as president of NABJ-Tulsa. He is in the Oklahoma Association of Black Journalists Hall of Fame. He has served on the Car Care Clinic Board, Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Society as Parade Chairman, Leadership Tulsa – Class XV, Holland Hall Alumni Board, Youth Services of Tulsa Board, American Copy Editors Society, Tulsa Press Club, and the Heather Burns Memorial Scholarship Fund Board. He has a B.S. in Telecommunications from the University of Tulsa. He is an active member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. and the Met Church Tulsa. LaCour is married to Jennifer Lauryce with four adult children, an adopted grandson and a host of other blended family members.