Environmental

A couple of DeSoto Parish brothers are in trouble with the law. Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry investigators have arrested 53-year-old Jerry Whitaker of Mansfield and 44-year-old Ricky Whitaker of Shreveport on felony timber theft charges in two unrelated cases...

Chief Fire Safety Officer Scott Wolverton tells KEEL News the cause of the fire has been determined to be electrical in nature.  He says a power strip that had a battery charger plugged into it overheated and caught fire, causing the two-alarm fire Monday.   Wolverton says the fire investigator estimates $20,000 in property damage to the city-owned warehouse. A warehouse located near McWillie and

Monday marks the day when astronomers made a startling announcement: after years of searching, they’ve discovered an Earth-like planet outside the solar system that may very well be habitable.

U-S Senator David Vitter is asking the Government Accountability Office to conduct a comprehensive audit of the U-S Army Corps of Engineers funding and contracting practices since 2004.

A morning accident at the Calumet Specialty Products plant in Shreveport sends three workers to the hospital. Shortly before 9 o'clock, the three were part of a crew performing routine maintenance on the Diesel Hydrotreater, a fuel-processing unit, when the Hydrogen Sulfide gas leaked from a pipe they were near...

The Caddo Fire Chiefs Association has lifted the burn ban for all of Caddo Parish.  The National Weather Service Office in Shreveport has reported nearly two inches of rain over the last two months with another round expected next Wednesday and next weekend.

What we all know as the Duck Pond on East Kings Highway is getting a major facelift this Saturday -- when a big ecological restoration project gets underway. Daniel Gehrig with Louisiana Environmental Solutions tells me invasive plant species -- like the Chinese Tallow trees -- will be removed, trash will be picked up and landscaping done...

On November 5th 2011 at 8:30 am, a group of local volunteers working with a private land’s biologist will host a cleanup for the duck pond, located on East Kings Hwy between Reily Lane and Shreveport Barksdale Highway.

Bagging 4,000 Gulf Saver Bags in two days to help restore Louisiana wildlife habitat and wetlands damaged by the Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill is the next challenge for 20 AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) Members from the Vicksburg, Mississippi campus October 12 – 13, 2011.

Shreveport Mayor Cedric Glover hosts a series of public meetings -- beginning tomorrow. He'll kick things off at Winnfield Funeral Home on Hollywood Avenue at 6 tomorrow evening, to present details about his plan to provide speedier relief for the city's crumbling streets and sidewalks...