Three men and a teenage boy are now facing several charges for their alleged role in numerous car break-ins in Shreveport's Southern Hills neighborhood.
(UPDADE -- POWER RESTORED BY 11:00)
Parts of Shreveport's Southern Hills neighborhood is without power this morning. About 10:00, police got a call that a truck had pulled down some power lines at Bert Kouns and Wallace Lake Road. Officers were dispatched to control traffic at the busiest intersections in the area...
Around 4:15 p.m. this afternoon the Shreveport Police Department began receiving calls regarding an apparent power outage in and around the Southern Hills area that left numerous traffic control signals malfunctioning or inoperable. At its height, SWEPCO reported 7,100 residential and business customers were without power.
How much damage can a milar balloon cause if caught up in a power line? A lot!
About 3 o-clock this afternoon a milar balloon got caught in some power lines on Kingston Road that carry 34-thousand volts of electricity – and a near-by power station on Williamson Way was knocked out as a result of it...
Shreveport's municipal swimming pools don't open for another week but you can swim for two hours this Sunday afternoon at the Southern Hills pool on Bert Kouns.