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1 week ago | 
ktalnews.com | Myriam Samake
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS)—Dream Flights is a nonprofit organization dedicated to honoring the service and sacrifice of America’s senior veterans through a life-changing flight. In a 15-minute flight, veterans as young as 105 years old experience the freedom and exhilaration of being 1,000 feet in the sky in an open-cockpit biplane.
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1 week ago | 
ktalnews.com | Myriam Samake
SHREVEPORT-BOSSIER, La. (KTAL/KMSS)—The American Red Cross is sounding the alarm to save a life. The North Louisiana Chapter joined the initiative of community members and Barksdale Air Force Base volunteers to install smoke detectors in at-risk neighborhoods. “There’s an alarming statistic that Hartford came out with, and it ranked the top cities in the U.S. for a number of home fires.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Myriam Samake
SHREVEPORT-BOSSIER, La. (KTAL/KMSS)—The American Red Cross is sounding the alarm to save a life. The North Louisiana Chapter joined the initiative of community members and Barksdale Air Force Base volunteers to install smoke detectors in at-risk neighborhoods. “There’s an alarming statistic that Hartford came out with, and it ranked the top cities in the U.S. for a number of home fires.
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2 weeks ago | 
ktalnews.com | Myriam Samake
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – According to SporTran, 2025 is going to be a big year with many projects coming to fruition. From bus shelters to SporTran City to new buses, many things are on the way. SporTran City located at 1253 Texas Avenue will serve as SporTran’s safety and operations control center in a few weeks. “It will be our home base.
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2 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Myriam Samake
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – According to SporTran, 2025 is going to be a big year with many projects coming to fruition. From bus shelters to SporTran City to new buses, many things are on the way. SporTran City located at 1253 Texas Avenue will serve as SporTran’s safety and operations control center in a few weeks. “It will be our home base.
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2 weeks ago | 
ktalnews.com | Myriam Samake
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – With sweeping tariffs from the Trump administration, consumer goods are on the rise, and finances may feel the effects due to inflation. Financial advisor for Edward Jones, Jeffrey Lee, says that with a market change, stocks are impacted. “Last Thursday and Friday, the stock market, or THE SMP 500, went down about 10%, the most it’s went down in about five years in response to tariffs and retaliatory tariffs from other countries,” said Lee.
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2 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Myriam Samake
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – With sweeping tariffs from the Trump administration, consumer goods are on the rise, and finances may feel the effects due to inflation. Financial advisor for Edward Jones, Jeffrey Lee, says that with a market change, stocks are impacted. “Last Thursday and Friday, the stock market, or THE SMP 500, went down about 10%, the most it’s went down in about five years in response to tariffs and retaliatory tariffs from other countries,” said Lee.
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2 weeks ago | 
ktalnews.com | Myriam Samake
CADDO PARISH, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Rocking R Solar is an $82 million investment bringing the biggest solar project to North Louisiana. The land is 1,000 acres with almost 200,000 solar panels. “The location here was ideal, right on I-49. When you come out of Arkansas into Louisiana, you see this, it’s good for Louisiana, that we’re progressive, that we’re trying to move forward, we’re not stuck in the past.
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2 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Myriam Samake
CADDO PARISH, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Rocking R Solar is an $82 million investment bringing the biggest solar project to North Louisiana. The land is 1,000 acres with almost 200,000 solar panels. “The location here was ideal, right on I-49. When you come out of Arkansas into Louisiana, you see this, it’s good for Louisiana, that we’re progressive, that we’re trying to move forward, we’re not stuck in the past.
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2 weeks ago | 
ktalnews.com | Myriam Samake
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — LSU Shreveport has broken its enrollment record for the third straight semester. The university has 10,926 students, and the second spring session is in full swing. “We’re growing in absolutely every category. We’re growing undergraduate, we’re growing graduate, we’re growing face to face, we’re growing online, we’re growing dual enrollment, which are high school students taking classes with us,” said LSUS Chancellor Dr. Robert Smith.
