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Posted 18 minutes 44 seconds ago
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Louisiana State Police are getting the message out:  You will go to jail if you drink and drive this weekend.  The Louisiana HIghway Safety Commission provides extra funds to state poice and local agencies across the state to work overtime patrols and checkpoints dedicated to DWI enforcement.  In addition to highway patrol, Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries agents will be out on the state's waterways searching for drunken boat drivers. 
Last year's July 4th holiday in Louisiana left 618 people with crash related injuries.

Posted 21 minutes 28 seconds ago
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Law enforcement officers all over the Ark-La-Tex are on high alert this long holiday weekend. While more motorists are traveling to their holiday destinations, more officers are hitting the roads to promote traffic safety. Texarkana, Arkansas police say this year they'll be enforcing a new law that makes seatbelt violations a primary offense.
Officers will continue the traffic safety campaign through Sunday at Midnight.

Posted 32 minutes 16 seconds ago by Meteorologist Marcy Novak
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A few thunderstorms developed this afternoon, due to the extreme daytime heating.  Those will fall apart over the next couple of hours and we will see partly cloudy skies overnight. 

Get ready for another hot afternoon on Independence day! Afternoon highs will top out near 103, with heat index values anywhere from 105-109.  A heat advisory is in effect through 9 PM Saturday evening.  If you are going to be heading out to the Independence Day Festival at Shreveport's Riverview Park, or at the Louisiana Boardwalk in Bossier City, make sure to drink plenty of water, bring lots of sunscreen, and wear loose fitted clothing. 

We can't rule out a couple of isolated showers and storms during the afternoon, much like we have been seeing the past couple of days.  Only a 10% chance is in the forecast for now, so most of us will stay mostly sunny and hot!

Tagged As: weather, Shreveport, ArkLaTex, hot, thunderstorms, Independence Day, festivals

Posted 34 minutes 58 seconds ago
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Adult film star "Stormy Daniels" was in Shreveport today as part of her statewide listening tour. She's exploring a possible run for the US Senate.

She had lunch today at a Shreveport restaurant. KTBS 3 caught up with her outside the restaurant. She says she knows she's a long shot but is surprised by the public support she has received. Daniels says, "That was one of the reasons I was so hesitant to get involved in the first place, becausee I thought it was a joke. Although I am hilarious and have a great sense of humor, this is one thing that I would never joke about."

Daniels is a registered independent and says she will make a decision about whether or not to enter the US Senate race by the end of the summer.

Posted 51 minutes 52 seconds ago
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Not only has Sarah Palin decided not to run for re-election as Alaska governor -- she's decided to leave office at the end of this month. It's adding to speculation that she's going to focus on a run for the White House in 2012. The surprise announcement was made at Palin's home in Wasila.

The former GOP vice presidential candidate says she'll step down on July 26. But she's not announcing her plans after that.

In a statement released by her office, Palin says once she made the decision not to seek re-election, she also decided that if she were to "embrace the conventional Lame Duck status," it would amount to "another dose of politics as usual."

She said that's something she "campaigned against and will
always oppose."

Posted 2 hours 54 minutes 2 seconds ago by Associated Press
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Gov. Bobby Jindal has signed into law a bill that ensures restaurants can offer drink specials and live entertainment even though they don't have bar licenses.

The measure arose from disputes between restaurants and state Alcohol and Tobacco Control Commissioner Murphy Painter. Painter has fined businesses with restaurant licenses, claiming they operate as bars because they have drink specials or shut down kitchens and have live music.

The new law, sponsored by Shreveport Sen. Lydia Jackson, will allow such establishments to keep their restaurant licenses if they meet requirements that include drawing at least half their income from the sale of food and nonalcoholic drinks.

Critics say that will open the door to neighborhood restaurants operating as bars.

Tagged As: liquor, alcohol, Louisiana, legislature, Lydia Jackson

Posted 4 hours 2 minutes 38 seconds ago by Leah LeGendre
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A Bossier City undercover narcotics investigation took a bite out of crime and several bites out of a major drug dealer.

30-year old Quintell Dewayne Gladney sold cocaine and ecstasy out of his car to undercover agents in the 2600 block of Fullilove Drive.

Gladney drove away from the scene with narcotics agents, BCPD Street Crimes Interdiction Unit, and a K-9 unit in pursuit. Gladney led authorities through several streets in Bossier before he crashed his car into four parked vehicles in the parking lot of Village Square Apartments. During the pursuit Gladney threw a loaded 9 mm handgun and some narcotics from his car, but officers recovered both.

A search of the inside of Gladney's car yielded more drugs and cash. In all police recovered 7.2 pounds of marijuana, 63 grams of powder cocaine, 56 grams of crack cocaine, 271 ecstasy tablets, 270 Xanax tablets, $6,321 in cash, scales, and plastic baggies. The estimated street value of the narcotics is $52,000.

Gladney was taken into custody with the assistance of a Bossier City Police K-9 . Bossier City EMS personnel took Gladney to LSU Hospital in Shreveport for treatment of dog bites.

Gladney was released from the hospital and booked into the Bossier City Jail at 3 a.m. on charges of distribution of cocaine, distribution of ecstasy, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute, possession of ecstasy with the intent to distribute, possession of Xanax with intent to distribute, possession of a firearm in the presence of a controlled dangerous substance, felon in possession of a fire arm, possession of drug paraphernalia, and aggravated flight from officers.

Gladney has been transferred to the Bossier Parish Maximum Security Facility where he is awaiting sentencing on a previous a drug distribution conviction. Sentencing on that charge is scheduled for September.

Posted 4 hours 4 minutes 19 seconds ago by Jill Davies, Assignments Editor
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The KTBS 3/St. Jude Dream Home is holding another open house this weekend.

You can take a tour between 9:00a-5:00p. Don't be surprised to see a fire truck outside the home between 1:00-3:00pm tomorrow. The Benton Fire Department will be there with a truck for kids to tour and take pictures.

Sunday the Dream Home will be open from 12:00-5:00pm.

For directions and ticket information, click here.

Tagged As: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Dream Home

Posted 5 hours 24 minutes 7 seconds ago by Leah LeGendre
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The boil order has been lifted for the Robeline and Marthaville water systems. 

Posted 11 hours 2 minutes 1 second ago
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    Hundreds of runners will grather on the Clyde Fant Parkway this weekend for the annual Firecracker 5K.  The race is being run in honor of three longtime Shreveport runners.  Rick Rowe remembers them with a special tribute.

Tagged As: first, robin fell, firecracker 5k