Shreveport LA

SHREVEPORT, La. - May is skin cancer awareness month. Ninety percent of skin cancers are caused by sun or ultraviolet exposure — from the sun or tanning beds.

The City of Shreveport is offering free sandbags to residents throughout the week to help prepare for potential flooding and severe weather. The National Weather Service in Shreveport announced that a Flood Watch is in effect for the area from 7 a.m. Tuesday through 7 a.m. Wednesday because of the threat of excessive...

Remember the intense flash flooding that hit Shreveport-Bossier last week? While those waters receded, a new threat is emerging. The Red River is rising fast, now sitting just inches below "Action" flood stage. With severe flooding happening upstream and heading our way, the river is forecast to cross into flood...

SHREVEPORT, La. - There has been some serious flooding issues in recent days with massive amounts of rain coming down in parts of the ArkLaTex. One of the areas that has seen some road closures and high water is south Caddo Parish. The road closed barricades are ready to go...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - Clouds will continue to gather overnight ahead of our next major storm system. Scattered showers will also be possible, but any rain should be spotty and light. Temperatures will be much warmer overnight with lows generally hovering around 60. Tuesday looks like a very wet day...

One of the most unfortunate things I have ever witnessed for a Shreveport business was the demolition of the Dripp Donuts building in Downtown Shreveport. On Friday, May 3rd, 2024, the decision was made that the Dripp Donuts building at 421 Market Street would be torn down immediately. A short year later, Dripp...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - The City of Shreveport is looking to make some major upgrades to its water system after receiving an F grade on its statewide report from the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) for the second year in a row. “Most of the points we lost were due...

The initial call was for a welfare concern, officials say. The Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office responded to a possible murder-suicide Monday morning (May 5). CPSO investigating possible murder-suicide, free sandbags available in Shreveport, & REAL ID deadline approaches. Bossier Chamber hosting Salute to Community...

COTTON VALLEY, La. (KSLA) - Two women were injured in a shooting in Cotton Valley early Sunday morning (May 4), say officials with the Webster Parish Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff Jason Parker says it happened around 12:30 a.m. Sunday. “What we know right now is multiple shooters drove into the...

Shane Sumlin of Shreveport is, by all accounts, a true survivor. This local financial advisor, husband and father of two, describes his battle with a rare disease as an ordeal that became as much a mental affliction as a physical one. His long journey began in 2011, at the age of 41. It began on a late November day...