Especially with tax season upon us, the Better Business Bureau is urging you to be extra vigilant when it comes to scams. Andrew Greenstein reports they’re becoming more prevalent – and more sophisticated.
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Lane, “The Portal King” Kiffin signs another top quarterback from the transfer portal. Andre Champagne has more…
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Especially with tax season upon us, be extra vigilant for scams. The Better Business Bureau says scams are becoming more prevalent – and more sophisticated. Carmen Million, the president and CEO of the Better Business Bureau of South Central Louisiana, says before, you could tell which calls and emails were scams, based on improper or broken English – but not anymore.
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Million says scammers used to mainly target senior citizens, because they’re the ones most likely to trust them and fall for these scams – but now, scammers have now broadened their potential target base.
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Million says regardless of how legitimate these scammers are starting to sound, there are still a few specific things that should immediately indicate that the communication is not legitimate.
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And Million says if the caller says he or she is from the IRS or the Social Security Administration, that should immediately throw up a red flag. She points out that the reason that it’s impossible to reach either agency by phone is not because they’re trying to call you.
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LSU football coach Lane Kiffin has signed another quarterback out of the transfer portal. Former five-star recruit Husan Longstreet is a Tiger after spending one season at USC. College and pro football analyst Mike Detillier of WWL Radio says Longstreet threw for 85-hundred yards and 83 touchdowns during his high school career in California…
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Detillier says Longstreet is also an accurate passer.
Longstreet joins a quarterback room that already has Sam Leavitt, the 2024 Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year, and Landen Clark, an FCS All-American at Elon. Detillier says Longstreet adds to the talent that LSU has at the quarterback position…
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Detillier says Longstreet provides LSU with good protection in the case that Leavitt does not recover fast enough from a surgery to repair a Lisfranc injury in his right foot. Like Leavitt, Detillier says Longstreet has good mobility….
247 sports ranks LSU’s 2026 transfer portal class as the best in the country.
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The Office of the State Fire Marshal is reminding you of the importance of having working smoke alarms in the wake of a pair of deadly house fires this week. The first happened Sunday afternoon near Shreveport, in which a 77-year-old man was killed. The second happened the following evening in Catahoula Parish, in which a 76-year-old woman died. Ashley Rodrigue with the State Fire Marshal’s Office says neither home had a working smoke alarm.
Rodrigue says the causes of both fires are unclear at this time.
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Investigators, however, say things like space heaters were not a factor in either fire. With electrical-rated factors not being ruled out, Rodrigue is reminding you about electricity safety, including not connecting extension cords together.
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Below freezing temperatures are expected tonight for north Louisiana. National Weather Service meteorologist Ryan Knapp says they are expecting temperatures to get below 32 degrees as far south as Natchitoches and Jena…
Knapp says when you factor in the wind chill, the real feel temperature will be the mid-20s for much of north Louisiana. He says dry conditions will also continue…
Vernon, Caddo, Bossier, Winn, Jackson and Union parishes all have outdoor burn bans in effect.
Knapp says we’ll see a brief warm-up on Friday and then another shot of cold air for the weekend…