Crews are making some real progress on that Backbone Fire in the Kisatchie Hills Wilderness Area in Natchitoches Parish. Jim Caldwell with the U.S. Forest Service says the 24-hundred-acre fire was just under 60-percent contained as of last night. Caldwell, says there are no homes or structures threatened, and no one has been forced to evacuate.
Cut 12 (12) “…within that wilderness.”
Smoking is down across the country…and that goes for Louisiana as well. In 2023, the latest year that data is available, fewer than 16-percent of Louisiana adults surveyed admitted they smoke. That’s down almost eight points from a decade ago. Chrishelle Stipe with the Louisiana Public Health Institute says it’s a sign that messaging about the dangers of smoking is working.
Cut 8 (08) “…across the state.”
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Just a few days left to get yourself a raffle ticket that could win you season tickets to all of the major sports teams in Louisiana. Andre Champagne has details.
Cut 3 (35) “…I’m Andre Champagne.”
In Shreveport, a Blanchard man accused of murdering his mother while slept in bed, has been indicted. 19 year old Connor Lyons is charged with second degree murder in the stabbing death of 55 year old Lara Lyons on May 23rd. Lyons is in the Caddo Correctional Center on a two million dollar bond.