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FIRE ON LEGARDY STREET EARLY TODAY. INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL TRYING TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE BLAZE WHICH CAUSED HEAVY DAMAGED TO THE HOME.

A WEEKEND FIRE IN BIENVILLE PARISH LEAVES ONE MAN DEAD AND A RINGGOLD FAMILY HOMELESS LESS THAN TWO WEEKS BEFORE CHRISTMAS. LISA HARPER AND HER TWO CHILDREN SURVIVED, BUT HER FIANCE DIED. A FUND HAS BEEN SET UP AT RINGGOLD BANK.

THINGS WERE DICEY ON 220 IN BOSSIER LAST NIGHT. THE ONRAMP AT AIRLINE WAS SHUT DOWN WHEN AN 18-WHEELER AND CAR COLLIDED. THE DRIVER OF THE CAR, A 27-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WAS THROWN OUT OF HER CAR. SHE SUFFERED LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. TWO OTHERS IN THE CAR, A 3-YEAR OLD AND A MAN WERE ALSO TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.

THE SENTENCES WILL STAND FOR FOUR MEN CONVICTED IN AN AIR CONDITIONING SCAM IN BOSSIER SCHOOLS. GARRETT WILSON, ALAN LEE, MONTGOMERY RODES JR, AND WINFRED JOHNSTON JR. WILL HAVE TO SERVE TIME IN JAIL. THE MEN STOLE MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS FROM BOSSIER SCHOOLS BY OVERCHARGING FOR A/C WORK.

A SCHOOL BUS WRECK IN NORTHEAST TEXAS. IT HAPPENED ON HIGHWAY 59 NEAR LINDEN. THE BUS WAS REAR-ENDED BY A PICKUP TRUCK. THE DRIVER OF THAT TRUCK WAS GIVEN A SPEEDING TICKET. A FEW STUDENTS DID SUFFER SOME MINOR INJURIES.

THE LOCAL MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAM IS BELT TIGHTENING. BECAUSE OF FUNDING CUTS BY SEVERAL SOURCES, THE NUMBER OF MEALS DELIVERED IS BEING TRIMMED FROM MORE THAN A THOUSAND TO 920 A DAY. THE CADDO COUNCIL ON AGINGS BUDGET HAS BEEN TRIMMED BY MORE THAN 100 THOUSAND DOLLARS.

JUDGES ACROSS THE STATE COULD BE GETTING A PAY RAISE. A JUDICIAL PANEL WANTS TO BOOST THE PAY TO THE AVERAGE FOR THE REGION. OVER THE NEXT 2 YEARS, THE PAY WOULD GO UP TO 142 THOUSAND FOR TRIAL JUDGES, 150 THOUSAND FOR APPELLATE COURT JUDGES AND 159 THOUSAND FOR STATE SUPREME COURT JUDGES.

TRAGEDY FOR A SHREVEPORT FAMILY. 10 MONTH OLD SAMANTHA GALE HAS DIED. SHE WAS FEATURED ON LOCAL TV STATIONS DURING THE MARCH OF DIMES CAMPAIGN EARLIER THIS YEAR. SAMANTHA WAS BORN THREE MONTHS EARLY AND WEIGHED JUST 13 OUNCES. VISITATION IS TOMORROW. THE FUNERAL IS SATURDAY AT 11 A.M AT OSBOURNE FUNERAL HOME.

A DALLAS POLICE OFFICER IS A WANTED MAN. RASHAD DAVIS IS ACCUSED OF BEATING UP HIS GIRLFRIEND. THIS WOULD BE THE THIRD TIME OVER THE PAST YEAR. WHEN OFFICERS SHOWED UP AT HIS APARTMENT TO ARREST HIM HE WAS GONE. AN ARREST WARRANT HAS BEEN ISSUED.