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Posted 23 minutes 55 seconds ago by Photojournalist Rod White
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Great weather on the last day of spring break has many area students outside today.

Sid and Jake are trying their entrepreneural skills with a lemonade stand in Bossier City.

Tagged As: spring break, Bossier, students, school

Posted 49 minutes 35 seconds ago by Associated Press
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More than 60,000 rank-and-file state government workers won't get pay raises next year.

The Civil Service Commission agreed Friday to suspend the raises, because of state budget problems.

The order strips state agencies of their ability to give 4 percent annual "merit raises" to employees in the 2010-11 budget year that begins July 1. Five members of the commission agreed to the order while one member abstained.

Workers deemed "classified" under the Department of Civil Service will be affected.

Gov. Bobby Jindal was expected to agree to the order and to enact a similar pay raise ban for political appointees, who are known as "unclassified" workers.

State workers called the ban unfair, saying the state's budget shouldn't be balanced on their backs.

Tagged As: pay raises, Louisiana, civil service

Posted 1 hour 35 minutes 29 seconds ago by Meteorologist Marcy Novak
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Temperatures will warm to the low to mid 70s on Friday afternoon with mostly sunny skies and breezy winds from the south at 15 to 20 mph. Saturday's weather will be a mess! Showers and thunderstorms expected, beginning in the late morning in east Texas and southeast Oklahoma, and shifting east through the rest of the day.  Much colder weather will filter in behind a strong cold front, even a few snow/rain showers possible early Sunday in northern areas! For Sunday afternoon, light rain showers, highs temperatures in the 40s, and very windy.

The beginning of next week is looking much better, with highs back to the 60s and 70s!

Posted 1 hour 45 minutes 22 seconds ago by Consumer Reporter Sonja Bailes
Posted In: Homepage, News - Call 3

It's painful to pay for a fill up, especially now that motorists are paying the highest prices for gas since October 2008.

Retail gasoline prices rose Thursday. According to the Associated Press, the nationwide average hit $2.79 per gallon. Prices have now jumped 18.9 cents in the past month and are 87.9 cents higher than levels a year ago. In October 2008, prices averaged $2.82 per gallon. The Energy Department and many industry experts expect prices to top $3 this spring.

Tagged As: gasoline, gas, prices, nationwide, gallon, average, Associated, Press

Posted 1 hour 52 minutes 12 seconds ago by Associated Press
Posted In: Homepage, News - Texarkana

Changing a lightbulb at a church in the New Boston area led to the discovery of nearly three dozen bullet holes along some eaves.

Liberty Hill Baptist Church co-Pastor James O. Hilton says electrical wiring could have been damaged and the shooter "took a chance on setting the church on fire."

At least 35 bullet holes were discovered March 12.

Investigator Robby McCarver with the Bowie County Sheriff's Office said Friday that it looks like someone was trying to shoot out a street light and "the church was in the background and got hit."

McCarver told The Associated Press that nobody has been arrested.

New Boston is 100 miles northeast of Tyler, where the investigation into a string of area church fires led to the February arrest of two suspects.

Tagged As: church, bullet holes, New Boston, Bowie, Texas, arson

Posted 2 hours 4 minutes 5 seconds ago
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Shreveport Fire Investigators, along with the Shreveport Police Department, arrested two individuals over the last two days for Simple Arson, which carries a maximum penalty of a $15,000 fine and five years in jail. The two arson arrests were unrelated to each other.

Kevin Hashhieder, age 19, was arrested on March 16 for setting some woods on fire at 9200 Southland Park Drive. He was booked into the city jail.

A 12-year old juvenile was arrested on March 17 for setting a shed on fire at 7400 Glen Leaf Drive #140 on March 15, 2010. He was booked into the juvenile detention center.

SFD crews responded to both fires and were able to extinguish the fires quickly with no injuries being reported.

Tagged As: arson, arrests, Shreveport, Shreveport Fire Department, SFD

Posted 2 hours 19 minutes 20 seconds ago
Posted In: Homepage, News - Crime Stoppers

  Bossier City police are trying to identify two men and a woman who were involved in the theft of three cell phones from a retail store.

  The suspects were seen on video taken by a security camera at the AT&T store in the 2900 block of East Texas Street on Feb. 25, 2010.

  The video shows a man and a woman approach a phone display inside the store. He raised his arms in an apparent attempt to block the woman from the view of store personnel as she looks around and takes a cell phone before putting it in her purse, police said. The woman is seen later in the video putting two other cell phones in her purse.

  Police said the three phones have a retail value of $1,600.

  Detectives believe that a man wearing a cap and black shirt in the lower right portion of the screen was with the couple and is an accomplice.

  Anyone with information is asked to call Bossier Crime Stoppers at (318) 424-4100.

Tagged As: cell, phones, taken, Bossier, store

Posted 2 hours 22 minutes 20 seconds ago
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In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America, local scouts will join Keep Bossier Beautiful and BPCC Green in planting 100 trees at the North Bossier Park Saturday.

The event not only adds to the beauty of the North Bossier Park for future generations to enjoy, but will also replenish the park with trees after many were lost in the tornado that struck north Bossier City on October 30, 2009.

Tagged As: Boy Scouts, trees, Bossier, North Bossier Park

Posted 6 hours 20 minutes 22 seconds ago
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TODAY: Mostly Sunny & Warm
Highs: Mid 70s
Winds: SE 10-15 mph

TONIGHT: Partly Cloudy, Isolated Showers
Lows: Upper 40s
Winds: SE - 10 mph

SATURDAY: Showers & Storms Likely
Highs: Mid 60s
Winds: SE - 15 mph

SUNDAY: Lingering Showers, Then Clearing.  Much Cooler & Breezy
Highs: Near 50
Winds: W 20-25 mph

Posted 14 hours 1 second ago by Meteorologist Joe Haynes
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This evening, we have mostly clear skies with temperatures in the 40s-50s and light winds.  Overnight, not much changes except the temps with lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s.

For Friday, the forecast calls for sunny to partly cloudy with highs in the 70s.

Showers and storms are expected for Saturday followed by windy and colder weather for Sunday.  Some snow may mix with rain before ending early Sunday.  No accumulation is expected.

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