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Posted 56 minutes ago by Leah LeGendre
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Fireworks were not contained to the riverfront on Saturday night.

At 9:40 p.m., the Shreveport Fire Department was dispatched to Villa Marquis II apartments on Valley View Drive for a reported laundry room fire. Firefighters arrived at 9:44 p.m. to find smoke coming from the front door and flames visible through the window. They extinguished the fire in less than ten minutes. Officials estimate that approximately 50 percent of the building was damaged by fire, but there was no damage to any apartment buildings.

Witnesses told fire officials that two teenagers were seen entering the laundry room and tossing fireworks into a trash container. Fire investigators are looking for suspects.

There were no reported injuries.

Posted 1 hour 19 minutes 41 seconds ago
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Authorities are trying to unravel the relationship between slain former NFL quarterback Steve McNair and a woman found dead near him in his Nashville, Tennessee, condominium.

The former MVP was found dead on a sofa yesterday with multiple gunshot wounds, with the 20-year-old woman on the floor with a single gunshot wound. Authorities say they're not looking for any suspects. Autopsies are planned for today.

McNair's brother says family members are expected to travel to Nashville to be with McNair's wife, Mechelle. He calls his brother "the greatest person in the world." He says the former Tennessee Titan loved kids and gave back to his community.

Another friend tells The AP that McNair was a wonderful person who "did not deserve this."

Police say the woman found at McNair's home was a waitress in Nashville. McNair had opened a restaurant near the Tennessee State University campus last month. It has now become a small memorial to McNair, with flowers, candles and notes placed by the door.

Posted 1 hour 32 minutes 36 seconds ago
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Police say former Washington Mayor Marion Barry has been arrested and charged with stalking a woman.

The United States Park Police says Barry was arrested July 4, in the nation's capital after a woman flagged down an officer and complained that Barry was stalking her.

Barry was charged with misdemeanor stalking and released.

A message left seeking comment from a spokeswoman for Barry
was not returned on Sunday morning. Barry is currently a Washington D.C. Council member.

Barry served four terms as mayor. In 1990, during his third term, he was videotaped in a hotel room smoking crack cocaine in an FBI sting. He served six months in prison and in 1994 regained the mayor's office.

Posted 2 hours 35 minutes 42 seconds ago by Leah LeGendre
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18 year-old Antonio S. Fleming of Shreveport is accused of strangling his 15 year-old mother of his child, because he believed she was using her cell phone to text another guy.

Shreveport Police arrested Fleming last Wednesday. He was booked into the Caddo Correctional Center on Friday where he was charged with Domestic Abuse Battery.

Fleming's bond is set at $ 30,141.50.

Posted 2 hours 46 minutes 30 seconds ago by Meteorologist Marcy Novak
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A large area of showers and thunderstorms is moving into Northeast Texas, Southwest Arkansas and Northwest Louisiana. These showers are producing moderate rainfall, but no severe weather is occurring at this time.  The line of rain will continue to move to the east/southeast over the next several hours, eventually affecting areas along Interstate 20, including Shreveport and Bossier City.

Stay tuned to KTBS 3 News Nor for all of the latest updates.

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Posted 4 hours 44 minutes 49 seconds ago by Meteorologist Marcy Novak
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A few showers and thunderstorms developed overnight in Southern Arkansas and Oklahoma. There is no severe weather as of now, but a few stronger thunderstorms are possible.  Expect heavy rain, lightning and brief gusty winds with these storms. 

These storms developed ahead of a weak cold front that will continue to move south throughout the day.  That will cause the showers to move south, affecting areas along Interstate 20 by this afternoon. Temperatures will be much cooler today, with highs in the low 90s.

Posted 14 hours 26 minutes 58 seconds ago by Wade Nessmith, KTBS News Now
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The Red River exploded with excitement as a fireworks display wowed the audience with its colors while the Centenary Summer Band played patriotic music. Everyone that was there, including some that saw it from home, say that the show has always been great!

Posted 17 hours 14 minutes 26 seconds ago by Wade Nessmith, KTBS News Now
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Our own Sherri Talley was able to speak with Percy Sledge. See what she asked him about tonight on our Independance Day Festival show beginning at 7pm!

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Posted 17 hours 21 minutes 23 seconds ago by Wade Nessmith, KTBS News Now
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Clifford the Big Red Dog was at the childrens area during the Independance Day Festival. Many kids were happy to see the beloved storybook character.

Posted 17 hours 28 minutes 35 seconds ago by Wade Nessmith, KTBS News Now
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Hundreds of thousands of American citizens 'Turn Up the Heat' around the USA. The Tea Party starts at 4:00 p.m. with moving patriotic tunes from a live band, Louisiana Outlaws and the vocal soloist Margaret William Jones. There will be many powerful and exciting speakers, including the Reverand CL Bryant who on April 15th left the crowd wanting more! The party will end this historic evening by watching the fireworks on the Red River accompanied by booming patriotic tunes!