About 80% of drivers have road rage, according to a new survey from AAA. Halen Doughty has more…
CUT 1 (31) “I’m Halen Doughty”
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LSU Coach Les Miles took time out at SEC Media Days to talk about the tumultuous week in Baton Rouge since the Alton Sterling shooting. Emelie Gunn has more…
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Governor John Bel Edwards and State Police Col. Mike Edmonson met with President Obama to discuss ways to build community trust and ensure justice for all Americans. Edmonson says one of the key things they discussed in the four hour meeting is the importance of listening to one another.
Edmonson says what we need to do right now as a country is to take a pause and look at what’s going on. He says everyone wants to point fingers at one side or the other, especially at law enforcement. But he says police have a difficult job to do, and for the most part, they do it well.
Edmonson says everyone at the meeting walked away with a renewed strength to say we can do better. He says we have to find a way to move forward and to find solutions to the problems facing the country.
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The 2016 U.S. National Hot Air Balloon Championships are underway in Shreveport-Bossier, an event that’s expected to have a 6 million dollar economic impact on the area. Event Manager Sheila Norman says this weekend is comprised of two different events, in the morning 31 hot air balloons will compete against each other in different tasks. She says the afternoons will have a family fun atmosphere…
Norman says the price for a ticket to the balloon rally at the door is 10 dollars for adults and 8 dollars for kids but through Saturday, anyone can go to Super 1 Foods or Brookshire’s to get an 8 dollar ticket. She says this is the first year Shreveport-Bossier has held a duel event and the first time the National Championships have been hosted here.
The National Hot Air Balloon Championship and Red River Balloon Rally are expected to bring 25-thousand people to the area. Norman says anyone interested in attending the event can visit red-river-balloon-rally-dot-com (redriverballoonrally.com).
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According to a new survey from AAA, 8 out of 10 drivers admit to having road rage. AAA spokesperson Don Redman says most respondents admitting to driving aggressively at least once in the past year.
Redman says about 8 million people also admitted to getting out of their cars to confront another driver or even bumping into another car on purpose. The report shows males are three times more likely to have road rage than females. Redman says this is especially true for men ages 19 to 39.
Redman says as drivers, it’s important not to escalate a situation if you become the target of someone’s road rage. He says we can’t control everyone else on the road, but we can control how we respond.
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LSU football coach Les Miles discussed the shooting of Alton Sterling today at SEC Media Day. Miles says he hopes his players can help unite the capital city during this tough time…
Miles says building up a football team is similar to building up a community that has been ripped apart by this tragic incident. He says everyone needs to be respectful of the lives of others and who they are as a person.
Miles says he’s encouraging his players to do what they can to affect change.
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