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U.S. 71 in Caddo Parish will be reduced to one lane in both directions from I-220 to LA 173 this Thursday and Friday.

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Evacuees have been pouring into the state-run critical needs shelter in the old Sam's Club store on Jewella because of flooding in south Louisiana. They're being bussed in -- many with nothing but the clothes on their backs.

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Fewer than 100 people are staying in a shelter in Shreveport, forced from their homes in New Orleans as Hurricane Isaac slams Louisiana's coast. Two are women who fled Hurricane Katrina nearly seven years ago to the day.

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The possibility of heavy rain and even flooding tomorrow has prompted some school closings.

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Shreveport and Bossier City officials are ramping up their preparations for the arrival of Isaac here -- probably tomorrow afternoon and evening. Sand bags are being made available to residents of both cities.

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Isaac has been upgraded to a Category 1 hurricane...on the eve of the seven-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's south Louisiana landfall. 

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The clean up has started in the Red River district downtown. The city is now in control of the complex and the first step is to clean things up to get ready to bring in new tenants.

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The local chapter of the Red Cross is preparing to help out with hurricane relief, if needed.

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A man who shot and killed a former co-worker near the Empire State Building on Friday morning has now been identified as 53-year-old Jeffrey Johnson.

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Although details are sketchy at the moment, several news outlets are reporting that a gunman has shot multiple people near the Empire State Building in Manhattan this morning.

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