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HEAT builds with no relief anytime soon
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Welcome to a sweltering Wednesday with another heat advisory. It’s doubtful we’ll see any relief through the end of the week. Higher humidity is bringing warmer temperatures this morning as we’ll be around 80 degrees at sunrise. Sunny skies through the morning will send our temperatures into the mid-90s by lunchtime, with highs near 100 degrees late this afternoon. Our heat index continues to be a concern with a ‘feels like’ temperature around 110 degrees this afternoon. Try to limit your time outside between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m.
Heat advisory in effect Wednesday
SHREVEPORT, La. - The heat is here to stay as another heat advisory is in effect from late Wednesday morning through the evening hours, according to the National Weather Service-Shreveport. Look for heat indices during this period to reach near 109 degrees. Actual temperatures will likely hit triple digits in some areas. If outdoor activities are planned, take extra precautions.
Economic boom expected in Shreveport as a result of the “50 effect”
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - The first Humor & Harmony weekend is officially over after thousands packed out the entertainment district in downtown Shreveport for the first time in nearly 21 years. The weekend-long event has had a huge economic impact on the Shreveport-Bossier area. And although the exact figures to...
Caddo teacher accused of inappropriate contact with student arrested
SHREVEPORT, La. - The search for a Caddo Parish Schools teacher wanted for allegedly engaging in inappropriate relations with a student has ended with his arrest. Shreveport police made the public aware Tuesday morning of their search for Dayton Corbett, 32. He was booked into the Caddo Correctional Center shortly after 5:30 p.m.
Arrest made in bomb threat against Shreveport church
SHREVEPORT, La. -- A California man is awaiting extradition to Shreveport, where he'll face prosecution for allegedly making a bomb threat to a local church. Grant Livigni was arrested Monday in Mt. Shasta, Calif. Caddo Parish sheriff's deputies will transport him from there to the Caddo Correctional Center, where he'll be booked on a charge of communicating false information of a planned arson or bombing. He's held without bond.
New evaluation system to impact teachers
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A new teacher evaluation system will lessen the burden on teachers who score well the first time, but some teacher federations see problems with the rubric. The Louisiana Educator Advancement and Development System, or LEADS, is the Louisiana Department of Education’s new solution to an...
Louisiana Ag Officials Drop ‘Concerning’ News for Crawfish Season
If you took the area twice the size of the city of Baton Rouge, Lousiana flooded it and raised crawfish on it you'd have a single farm that would be the rough equivalent of just how much Louisiana land is used to farm crawfish. The crawfish industry in Louisiana generates...
Louisiana Shoppers Are Furious Over Walmart Checkout Changes
LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA: Many Walmart customers are airing out their grievances over their disgust of the recent checkout policy changes that the retailer rolled down. We have all the details. Louisiana Walmart customers have to be thinking to themselves every time they walk into the store, "I wonder what I...
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