It's hot outside. Around 95 degrees all week and likely will be the same all of next week. In times of heat, our best friend becomes our air conditioning and our enemy is our electricity bill.
You know Summer's right around the corner when the swimming pools open and Bossier City's three public pools are opening at noon tomorrow. Hours for each pool vary but they're all closed on Sundays.
Several area SPAR owned, Rock Solid Sports operated pools slated to shut down for the summer, ahead of school beginning. One city pool will remain open through at least mid-September though.
The Independence Day Holiday is just around the corner and many people will visit the beach, enjoy fireworks, or fire up the grill for a backyard barbecue.
In a move that seems to defy all logic, a school in Washington State has banned the use of sunscreen, sending two sisters to the hospital with painful-looking sunburn after a field trip.