The voice heard on Louisiana radio stations that farmers and ranchers have turned to for over 30 years is the 2018 National Farm Broadcaster of the Year. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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The hunt is on for the Crowley funeral gunmen. Matt Doyle has more.
Heavy rainfall has led to road closures along Interstate 20 this morning. Aaron Davis, with the National Weather Service in Shreveport, says some areas saw 3.5 inches of rainfall as a result of a stalled frontal boundary that was pumped up with moisture thanks to winds out of the south
Rain chances will decrease tonight in north Louisiana and steady rainfall is possible for south Louisiana during the overnight hours. Davis says after the rain leaves, the coldest air of the season moves in…
Davis says the entire state will feel the cold air tomorrow and high temperatures on Wednesday will be well below normal…
Louisiana Radio Network’s Don Molino, a familiar voice for farmers and ranchers for 30 years has been named the 2018 National Farm Broadcaster of the Year. Molino says it’s a once in a lifetime award.
Molino says he was shocked upon hearing his name announced at the National Farm Broadcasters annual convention in Kansas City, Missouri this past Friday.
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Molino says it’s a rewarding job, and not just because of all the accolades he’s harvested along the way.
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Police are on the hunt for the gunman who ambushed a man outside of a funeral in Crowley. The funeral was being held for a late October shooting victim, and his mother who passed away from health complications two days later. Crowley Police Chief Jimmy Broussard says the heartbreak continued Saturday…
Authorities say the shooters jumped out from behind a bush and opened fire, then fled in an unknown direction.
Broussard says suspects in the initial shooting that led to the funeral were apprehended in two days.
The Chief says it’s a horrific event, but thankfully no one else at the funeral, or outside of the building was injured in the shooting. He says the minister was able to keep his congregation safe during the chaos.
Broussard says roughly 200 people were at the service.
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Bienville Parish Sheriff John Ballance says his deputies are looking to the arrest the person who fired a bullet into an apartment complex in Ringgold killing 31-year-old Shanette Carter. Sheriff John Ballance says Carter’s five-year-old child found her mom dead
Ballance says detectives believe it was a stray bullet that ended the life of Carter…
Ballance says they believe two people running up the stairwell of the apartment were the ones targeted by the gunfire, but one of the bullets went through the wall of the victim’s apartment and hit her…