The search for a Shreveport triple homicide suspect ended in the Franklin Parish town of Wisner yesterday after a shootout with law officers. Franklin Sheriff Kevin Cobb says Barry Rigsby entered the Wisner Elderly Apartments late Thursday and fired shots at officers as they surrounded the complex…
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Cobb says Rigsby was eventually fatally shot and the coroner confirmed the gunmen was Rigsby, who was wanted for three counts of murder in Shreveport.

Legal challenges are expected now that the federal government has set January fourth as the date for companies with more than 100 employees to have their workers vaccinated. Loyola University Law Professor Dane Ciolino says the plaintiffs will argue its an overreach by the White House…
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Restaurant owners are asking Senator John Kennedy to refill the federal Restaurant Revitalization Fund because many restaurants failed to get assistance. Brooke Thorington has more.
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An extensive manhunt is underway for a man wanted in the murder of three people, including a 12-year-old child. Authorities believe 36-year-old Barry Rigsby fatally shot three people inside a home in Shreveport. Police say a woman checking on the welfare of her son found the three deceased individuals.

Covid -19, supply chain and staffing issues, are continuing to derail the normal efforts of small businesses as the holidays approach. More from Dave Brannen.
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Senator Bill Cassidy is among 14 Senate Republicans looking to block the payment of nearly a half-million dollars each to illegal immigrants who were separated from their families at the border when detained.
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But When asked about paying migrant immigrants, President Joe Biden said yesterday that’s not going to happen and called a Wall Street Journal report that it was being considered by the White House “garbage.”

Louisiana College in Pineville is changing its name to Louisiana Christian University. President Rick Brewer says the rebranding will help prospective students learn L-C-U is more than simply an undergraduate school…
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An official announcement of the rebranding will take place on November 16th and it needs Louisiana Baptist Convention approval.

Louisiana is embarking on a new effort in the fight to end the coronavirus pandemic. Chief of Pediatrics at LSU-Health Shreveport Doctor John Vanchiere says Louisiana will receive 148-thousand doses of kid-size Pfizer COVID vaccines to vaccinate five to eleven-year-olds…
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Vanchiere says no shortcuts were taken in the safety protocols or in the production of the vaccine.

A survey of the National Federation of Independent Business indicates a lack of optimism that things are going to get better at the retail level before they get worse because of supply chain problems and staffing shortages. Dawn McVea heads up the NFIB in Louisiana.
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Both of Louisiana’s Senators are co-authors of a new bill that would prohibit the payment of 450-thousand dollars to illegal immigrants who were separated from their families at the border when they were detained. Senator Bill Cassidy is outraged over the reported proposal from the Biden Administration…
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When reporters asked President Biden about the proposed payments to illegal immigrants, he says that will not happen.

Louisiana College is seeking to change its name to Louisiana Christian University. President Rick Brewer says the rebrand will let prospective students know that the Pineville school has a Christian educational mission…
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The Louisiana Baptist Convention which meets in less than two weeks has to approve the name change.

Pediatric doses of the Pfizer COVID vaccine are beginning to arrive in Louisiana for children five to eleven. State Health Officer Dr. Joe Kanter says by the end of next week the state should have received 148,000 doses.
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The vaccine dose for this age group is a third of the adult dose and consists of two doses given twenty-one days apart.

Louisiana College in Pineville is changing its name to Louisiana Christian University. President Rick Brewer says the rebranding will help prospective students learn L-C-U is more than simply an undergraduate school…
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An official announcement of the rebranding will take place on November 16th

Covid -19, supply chain and staffing issues, are continuing to derail the normal efforts of small businesses as the holidays approach. More from Dave Brannen.
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A massive manhunt is underway in Shreveport after a woman walked into a home overnight and found three people shot to death including a 12-year-old. Authorities believe it’s a domestic incident and the suspect, who they have yet to identify, has a history of criminal violence. He’s considered armed and dangerous.

By the end of next week, 148,000 pediatric doses of the Pfizer COVID vaccine should be in Louisiana to begin the first round of shots for five to 11-year-olds. Brooke Thorington has more
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Shreveport Police are investigating an overnight triple homicide and a male suspect remains at large and is considered armed and dangerous. Authorities say the suspect has a violent criminal history. KTBS-TV reports one of the victims is 12-years-old.

You hear a lot about supply chain issues. The National Federation of Independent Business has conducted a survey of its members and they’ve found that the supply chain disruptions are only getting worse…
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NFIB State Director Dawn McVea says nearly half of small business owners say that both the supply chain and the staffing shortage will impact their holiday sales.

Senator Bill Cassidy is among 14 Senate Republicans looking to block the payment of nearly a half-million dollars each to illegal immigrants who were separated from their families at the border when detained.
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But When asked about paying migrant immigrants, President Joe Biden said yesterday that’s not going to happen and calls a Wall Street Journal report that it was being considered by the White House “garbage.”