Gas prices have been on the rise for one month now. Jeff Palermo on the reasons why you are paying more at the pump…
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State Alcohol and Tobacco Control agents have arrested a Campti man for allegedly running an illegal bar out of his home. Eric Gill has more…
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Winter storm advisories remain in effect for North Louisiana today, as the National Weather Service says there’s the potential for 4 inches of snow to fall in Northwest Louisiana after midnight. NWS-Shreveport meteorologist Mario Valverde says lower temperatures look to continue and interact with the moisture in the sky…:
Valverde says a winter storm warning is in effect for Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Union and Webster and they could be looking at a close to 4 inch accumulation of snow…:
Several parishes south of I-20 and into the Monroe area and Northeast Louisiana are under a winter weather advisory or winter storm watch. Valverde says, unfortunately, it doesn’t look like temperatures will get too far away from freezing to melt the north Louisiana ice away…:
CUT 5 (10) “then it’s going to re-freeze”
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The statewide average price for a gallon of regular gasoline reaches $2.15 cents, after jumping two cents from the previous day. American Automobile Association fuel analyst Don Redman says gas prices have been on the rise for a month and it’s not a surprise
The statewide average a month ago was a $1.88. Redman says gas prices are expected to keep rising, but a return to three-dollars a gallon for gasoline is not expected
Refineries switching from a winter grade gasoline to summer gas is one reason for the rise at the pump. He says union strikes at two Louisiana refineries are also factoring into the price, but it shouldn’t lead to large price increase…
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State Alcohol and Tobacco Control agents have arrested a Campti man for allegedly running an illegal bar out of his home. 42-year-old Robert Williams was arrested and booked into the Nachitoches Parish Detention Center. ATC Commissioner Troy Hebert says the program Williams was running from his home was quite simple…
Hebert says they were tipped after seeing Williams’ establishment advertised on social media. He says undercover agents were able to pay to enter Williams’ residence and buy beer and mixed drinks…
Williams faces charges of operating without a high-alcohol permit and operating without a low-alcohol permit. Hebert says these types of situations happen more than you would think. He says this type of illegal bar is called a “good house”…
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The four candidates for governor were in Shreveport for a forum today and Lt. Governor Jay Dardenne was the only candidate to come out in support of Common Core. When asked about the education standards, Dardenne said, “Now is not the time for Louisiana to retreat.” UL-Lafayette Political Science Professor Pearson Cross says this may be a good move for Dardenne right now…
Cross says this clearly separates Dardenne from the other candidates. He says that while there is a lot of negativity around Common Core, education leaders and chambers of commerce statewide support the education standards. Cross says Dardenne is keeping his ears and mind open when it comes to this issue…
Cross predicts that Common Core will be one of the bigger issues during this gubernatorial election. Cross says Dardenne’s stance on Common Core is not something he took lightly…