Economist Dr. Loren Scott is on a statewide tour to discuss his economic forecast, in which he predicts the state will add 55-thousand jobs over the next two years. Today he’s in Alexandria; tomorrow, he visits Shreveport. Scott says the Shreveport-Bosier City area is projected to add 48-hundred jobs by the end of 2028 because of three Amazon data centers that will be built in the area.

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Researchers at LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center have found a link between warm temperatures and weight gain. Professor Dr. Heike Muenzberg-Gruening says leptin receptor neurons in the brain respond to warm temperatures, which lowers the body’s energy expenditure, resulting in fewer calories being burned.

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The parents of a Lafayette Parish teenager who was killed in a mass shooting at the Mall of Louisiana in Baton Rouge back in April have sued the mall. Joe Gallinaro reports.

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The 50th anniversary of the Red River Revel in Shreveport is underway. Executive director Logan Lewis says with 90 visual artists showing off their works, the Revel makes for the perfect place to get your Christmas shopping underway.

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The festival runs for the next two Thursdays through Sundays.