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Posted 1 minute 39 seconds ago by Meteorologist Joe Haynes
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Light rain showers continue across the area tonight.  Rain amounts have been light so far from a trace at Barksdale AFB to about a third of an inch in Texarkana.  Temps are in the 50s with light winds.

Our latest storm system located in Texas will move through the ArkLaTex tonight and tomorrow bringing off and on light showers.  Rain amounts are not expected to be heavy by the time the precip ends late tomorrow.  Temps should range from the 50s tonight to the 60s tomorrow.

Sunshine returns for Sunday with highs in the 60s-70s and lows in the 40s.  Stay tuned to Storm Team 3 Meteorologist Marcy Novak throughout the weekend for weather updates.  Also, our Weather Blog has more weather info and the updated Thanksgiving forecast.

Posted 3 hours 57 minutes 46 seconds ago
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Three people were rushed to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries this evening after a car and truck collided on Ravendale Drive near Old Mooringsport Road. Police say the car burst into flames. A baby riding in a child safety seat was not injured.

Tagged As: fiery, crash, North Shreveport, Ravendale

Posted 3 hours 59 minutes 51 seconds ago by Associated Press
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  Louisiana's state Board of Ethics has asked an appeals court in Baton Rouge to review a decision by a panel of administrative law judges that dismissed conflict-of-interest charges against state Rep. Rick Gallot of Ruston, a key Jindal administration floorleader on ethics issues.

   In September, the panel ruled that the ethics board took too long to prosecute seven allegations that state Gallot violated state law by being the attorney for the Black and Gold Facilities Inc. in business dealings with Grambling State University and the University of Louisiana System's Board of Supervisors, on which his mother, Mildred Gallot, serves.

   Gallot, a Democrat, is chairman of the House and Governmental Affairs Committee. He took the lead on Gov. Bobby Jindal's ethics law package in 2008.

Posted 4 hours 5 minutes 43 seconds ago
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   A man was shot and killed today in a shooting at a southwest Shreveport apartment complex during a dispute that police believe was over custody of children.

  The man who did the shooting said he opened fire when the other man tried to force his way into his apartment, but police charged him with murder.

 The shooting happened just before 3 p.m. at Villa Marquis Apartments at Jewella and Valley View. 

Police say the suspected shooter, identified as Trimaine Adkins, was waiting at the apartment complex with the gun when they arrived.

 The man who shot, Johnathan Swinney, was hit twice in the chest, police said. He was pronounced dead at LSU Hospital. His name had not been released this evening.

  "We believe that this altercation is over custody of children," police Cpl. Bill Goodin said. "There were four children inside the residence."

  Adkins was booked on charges of second-degree murder.

Tagged As: fatal shooting, police, children, Villa Marquis apartments

Posted 4 hours 23 minutes 5 seconds ago by Sherri Talley/Photo by Chris Redford
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A man has died and another is in custody after a shooting at an apartment complex in southwest Shreveport.

It happened just before 3:00 this afteroon at the Villa Marquis Apartments at Jewella and Valley View.

Police say the shooter was waiting for officers with the handgun when they arrived and that he claims the victim was trying to force his way into the apartment when the shooting happened.

Police say they think the altercation was over custody of children. There were four children inside the residence.

Tagged As: shooting, Villa Marquis, apartments, Shreveport, crime

Posted 4 hours 23 minutes 19 seconds ago by Meteorologist Joe Haynes
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A weather system moving through over the next 24 hours will bring the ArkLaTex off and on light rain showers.  Rainfall amounts will be from a tenth to a quarter of an inch by Saturday afternoon.  The moisture should push out by Saturday night and the sun returns for Sunday.

Temperatures will range from the low 50s to low 60s Saturday and rise to near 70 by Sunday afternoon.  Stay tuned to KTBS 3 News at 6 PM for the rest of the 7 Day forecast and check out our Weather Blog for a couple of indirect type of weather subjects launched today.

Posted 4 hours 25 minutes 25 seconds ago
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Dozens of people on both sides of the health care debate faced off outside Senator Mary Landrieu's Shreveport office Friday afternoon.

The Red River Tea Party was outside the federal courthouse where Landrieu's office is located.

They believe Landrieu sold her vote by adding a special provision into the bill that would bring $100 million in medicaid subsidies to Louisiana.

On the other side, a group in favor of the bill says they disagree that Landrieu is being influenced.

Tagged As: Senator Mary Landrieu, Shreveport, healthcare, face off, Red River Tea Party

Posted 4 hours 30 minutes 44 seconds ago
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In the past, if a 911 call was made from a cell phone, it was difficult for emergency responders to locate where the call was made.

Now, East Texans using cell phones have quicker emergency response with "Wireless Phase II." It gives dispatchers the callers latitude and longitude.

The agencies that have this service in our area are Camp, Marion, and Panola County Sheriff's Departments and Carthage Police Department.

Posted 6 hours 17 minutes 43 seconds ago
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Citizens of Shreveport may have noticed their water is a little softer these days. Apparently weeks of rain can do that!

Darren Fortenberry, purifications superintendent for the City of Shreveport, makes the educated guess that while the flood gates were open at Cross Lake, we may have let as much as 60 billion gallons of water out of Cross Lake. Cross Lake holds about 26 billion gallons of water, so that means the lake could have turned over twice in the time the gates were open.

Fortenberry says he has never seen the hardness level for the city water supply as low as it is right now; the rain has definitely diluted the mineral content. The city's hardness level is on average 45-50 mg/liter, but at one point in the last two weeks, it was only 21 mg/liter.

Tagged As: Shreveport, hard, soft, water, Cross Lake

Posted 6 hours 43 minutes 33 seconds ago by Chris Redford
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Police are responding to a shooting at the Villa Marquis Apartments in Shreveport.

Police say the man who was shot may have been forcing his way into an apartment.

Check back here and on KTBS 3 News for updates.

Tagged As: shooting, Villa Marquis, apartments, Shreveport, crime