Shreveport Bossier News Headlines

MITT ROMNEY IS COMING TO TOWN......MARCH 23RD ON THE EVE OF OUR PRIMARY. HE'LL ATTEND A ONE THOUSAND DOLLAR A PLATE DINNER AT THE PETROLEUM CLUB.

BIG STORMS ROARED THROUGH OVERNIGHT. WE GOT MORE THAN AN INCH OF RAIN IN SHREVEPORT WITH MORE RAIN TO COME. WE COULD BE IN FOR SOME SEVERE WEATHER OVER THE WEEKEND.

THE GOVERNOR HAS OPENED THE DOOR FOR PAY RAISES FOR SOME STATE EMPLOYEES IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. AGENCIES CAN GIVE RAISES IF THEY CAN FIND SAVINGS IN THEIR BUDGET TO PAY FOR THEM. MOST STATE EMPLOYEES HAVE NOT RECEIVED A PAY RAISE IN THE PAST TWO YEARS AND SOME FOR THREE YEARS.

POLICE STILL SEARCHING FOR A MAN WHO BROKE INTO TWO PHARMACIES IN JANUARY. A GUY WEARING A BASEBALL CAP TRIED TO PRY THE PHARMACY DOOR OPEN AT THE WALMART ON PINES ROAD. THE SAME GUY IS ALSO SUSPECTED OF TRYING TO BREAK IN TO THE PHARMACY AT KROGER ON YOUREE DRIVE.

TWO WOMEN AND A CHILD ARE DEAD AFTER THE SPORT UTILITY VEHICLE IN WHICH THEY WERE RIDING COLLIDED WITH A FREIGHT TRAIN AT AN EAST TEXAS RAILROAD CROSSING. THE CRASH HAPPENED AT A UNION PACIFIC CROSSING IN DIBOLL, NOT FAR OUT OF LUFKIN JUST OFF U.S. 59.

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