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• Dogs in training to assist in disasters

  January 14, 2010 11:29 AM

  The U.S. will be helping look for disaster victims with search and rescue dogs in the wake of the disaster in Haiti. Sharon Fullilove is finding out how the dogs are trained to perform dangerous missions. Catch the story tonight on KTBS 3 News at 5:00pm and 6:00pm.   more »

• Relief and rescue efforts underway in Haiti Play Video

  January 14, 2010 6:05 AM

      Aid efforts are ramping up in Haiti after Tuesday's devastating earthquake.  But, the demand is far greater than the supply.  Search and rescue teams are on their way from France, Spain and Iceland.  Their job will be to find the living.  The death toll is said to be unimaginable. ... more »

• Shelters fill up as homeless come in from the cold Play Video

  January 5, 2010 6:27 PM

  Emergency shelters in Shreveport are reaching capacity as the homeless come in out of the cold, but shelter officials are making room for more. Salvation Army officials say they can take in up to 215 people--115 on beds in the shelter and 100 more on cots throughout the facility. The... more »

• Elderly man rescued from flash flood Play Video

  December 24, 2009 8:10 PM

  A 75-year-old man whose pickup stalled on a flood-swept Bienville Parish road was rescued Thursday by firefighters who got a rope to him and then pulled him to safely.  The surging water knocked Charles Harris down at one point, but he held his breath until rescuers winched him to safety.... more »

• Decline in donations won't slow these charities down Play Video

  November 16, 2009 5:17 PM

    The slumping economy has hurt charitable giving in the ArkLaTex, but two -- the Shreveport-Bossier Rescue Mission and the Highland Center -- say they won't let it impact the Thanksgiving meals they provide.     The Highland Center's said its Thanksgiving blessing baskets are typically stocked with inexpensive items,... more »

• Coast Guard rescues Chevron workers as Ida nears

  November 9, 2009 3:12 PM

  The Coast Guard says it rescued two Chevron Corp. workers Monday from an oil rig in danger of collapsing in high seas churned up by Tropical Storm Ida. The Chevron workers were rescued at about 5 a.m. after a lift boat tied to the rig broke loose and smashed into... more »

• Women to the rescue Play Video

  November 5, 2009 6:53 AM

  FEDERAL PROGRAMS: The U.S. welfare system was initiated in the 1930s during the Great Depression.  For 61 years, the federal government controlled the system, but in the 1990s, welfare became a widely discussed topic.  In 1996, a bill law was passed that gave individual states control over welfare.  The Federal... more »

• Men rescued from lake by rescue crew and woman in paddleboat Play Video

  September 23, 2009 5:21 PM

    Two men were rescued late this afternoon after their boat sunk on the southern end of Lake Bistineau.   One man was rescued by a fire and rescue squad from the South Bossier fire department and the other was plucked from the lake by a woman in a paddleboat,... more »

• Facing Foreclosure? Get legitimate help

  August 17, 2009 12:38 PM

  If you are facing foreclosure, be wary if someone says they can modify your mortgage or save your home. The most common pattern is companies take large deposits up front, then do little or nothing to help homeowners. Some crooked companies have also reportedly targeted Spanish-speaking households and deliberately... more »

• Cowboy pulls little boy to safety

  June 18, 2009 6:55 AM

  A 6-year-old boy who fell into an abandoned water well in southwest Arkansas was rescued by a cowboy from a nearby ranch who used a lariat to pull the boy to safety. Reed Nations, who happened to be passing by as the little boy's family tried to save him... more »

• Off-duty trooper saves two

  December 30, 2008 7:33 PM

  Tuesday morning around 3:00 am, Troop G Trooper Brandon Salmon rescued two fisherman from Lake Claiborne in Homer. Salmons parents, who live near the lake, heard calls of distress coming from the water and called their son who lives nearby. Salmon went out in his own boat and rescued the... more »

• Washington working on Wall Street rescue plan

  September 20, 2008 1:38 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Bush administration and Congress are working through the weekend to hammer out a Wall Street rescue plan. The administration is asking lawmakers to let the government buy 700 billion dollars in bad mortgages from U.S. financial institutions for the next two years. That's according to a... more »

• Dog rescue attempt, with no dog

  June 20, 2008 5:17 PM

  Bossier City firefighters and public works employees spent most of the morning and part of Friday afternoon trying to rescue a dog stuck in a drainage pipe. Janie Landry was out for her morning walk around 6:30am in the Carriage Oaks subdivision in Bossier City. She walked by a... more »

• Labor of Love for volunteers this Thanksgiving

  November 22, 2007 5:50 PM

  Dozens of volunteers gave up part of their Thanksgiving to give back to those less fortunate. Volunteers met at the Shreveport-Bossier Rescue mission and prepared, served and delivered more than 1,500 meals. "I want to help in anyway I can.  I'm a caregiver and I love people. It's... more »