Financial

Fans of the lottery are getting a new option today, since Louisiana is taking part in the multi-state Mega Millions drawings. Louisiana Lottery spokeswoman Kimberly Chopin says Mega Millions tickets cost $1 per play by selecting five numbers from a field of 56 and one yellow Mega Ball number from a field of 46...

The final numbers aren't in yet, but preliminary estimates indicate one of the State Fair of Louisiana's better years.  Fair General Manager Chris Giordano says it was the weather, more than the negative news, that kept some people away...

Parish fire districts are still hurting from the rash of summer fires. Caddo Fire District 7 Chief Danny Richardson says his department got hit for about $30,000 more than it had budgeted for the year. He says fuel expense is about double what was budgeted, and there were increases in truck repairs and overtime pay...

The City of Shreveport will soon have a new water billing system. It's designed to make it faster and easier for customers to get information about their accounts -- and expand their payment options. Customers will now be allowed to pay by credit card and contact customer service by e-mail...

The Bossier Parish Sheriff's Department says property tax notices are being mailed out today. There are three ways to pay -- and four locations at which to do it. Walk-ins from Bossier City or Haughton can go to the Sheriff's Substation on Viking Drive...

Several factors are taken into consideration when determining the "brokest" cities in America.  Among the factors; average credit score.

Santa's coming early to 710 KEEL! With cash! It's your chance to win $1,000 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday...and on Friday, Santa delivers $10,000!

Very soon you will be able to drive from Sam's Club parking lot to Target and other stores in complex, without having to get back onto bustling Youree Drive

While many in the US are feeling the pinch of the recession, others are enjoying unprecedented boom times. So says Phoenix Marketing International, which just released its annual roundup of the states with the most millionaires and found that for the second year in a row, the overall number of millionaire households in the US actually went up.

The Shreveport/Bossier metropolitan area's jobless rate last month was 6-point-3 percent.