About Me
My husband transferred to GM here in Shreveport from the Decatur/Huntsville area of North Alabama, home of the beautiful Tennessee River. He retired from GM and is now attending Police Academy in Kilgore, Texas. Our children are growing like weeds, two daughters, Casey is 19, and an education student at Panola College. Jill, is 16 and plays softball for Carthage High Junior Varsity. Our son, Shane, is 14 and plays football and runs track for Carthage Junior High. I was a deejay for 11 years on a morning show in Alabama at WDRM Country 102, but my first full-time job was working for Jerry Falwell's radio station in Lynchburg, Va. I graduated from Liberty University in 1983. I got to hear President Ronald Reagan speak on campus. I also heard Sen. Ted Kennedy speak. Moral Majority accidentally sent Ted Kennedy a membership card, and Kennedy accepted an invitation to visit us. I'd like to meet Paul McCartney and Eric Clapton. I saw McCartney in Dallas before the divorce from Heather Mills, and I've seen Clapton four times. But, it doesn't get any better than a George Jones concert. When I met the Possum back stage as a deejay at a concert in Alabama, Jones says, "Got that red hair." When I introduced him to my husband, he says, "Got that tall husband." However, the greatest things in life: my daughter's first 3-pointer in basketball; my son's first tackle in football, and the day my youngest daughter put all her coins in my purse because she thought I didn't have any money. She was right - I didn't!Elaine Etheridge
Hit and Run in Front of El Dorado Casino
It was a gamble that didn't work and it happened near..where else? A casino. A driver left the scene of a wreck on Clyde Fant Parkway and Texas Street near the El Dorado Casino.
South Lakeshore Drive in Shreveport Closed at Bridge
The bridge is out on Shreveport's South Lakeshore Drive just past Jaynes. Motorists are detouring around the closure, while repairs are being made to the bridge just past Maurice Street.
Shreveporters Sound Off About Presidential Race
As the presidential race heats up and the ads just keep getting nastier, people are speaking out about who should win in November.
Shreveport Hit and Run and Construction Woes
Shreveport police are investigating a hit and run today in which a vehicle slammed into a utility pole that fell onto the roadway, knocking out power in the area.
Fire Creates Traffic Trouble in Shreveport Today
Motorists experienced morning traffic trouble in the form of a fire near downtown Shreveport. The tie up occurred at the scene of a fire that started in a buildiing on Grimmet Street
Legends of Country Music and New Artists Invade Carthage, Texas
This weekend was Texas Country Music Hall of Fame weekend in "The Best Little Town in Texas."
Kids Love Townsquare Media’s Sportsman’s Expo 2012
Louisiana Power Sports' Townsquare Media Sportsman's Expo was for kids this year. I mean not just you, but REAL kids. I had so much fun working...uh, PLAYING in the Kid's Zone at the tree house of the CenturyLink Center.
Webster Deputy Held Hostage in 5-Hour Ordeal, Suspect Wounded
A Webster sheriff's deputy is held hostage during a standoff with a man wanted on felony child molestation charges. Authorities say the man, 32-year-old Chad Oliver, is in the hospital with minor wounds after being shot with bean bags. No one else was injured.
Flash Floods in Shreveport Not Enough to Ease the Drought
It was a lot of rain in a short amount of time, but apparently it wasn't even a drop in the bucket to wet the ArkLaTex drought. Motorists experienced a nightmare of a commute on some roads in Shreveport that were flooded. Several were even stranded in their cars.
Train Causes Major Traffic Jam in Bossier City
No one's leaving on this morning train to Bossier because she's stuck on the tracks making it a looooong commute for motorists.