Jeffrey Ferrell
News Director/ProducerOriginally from the Pacific Northwest, and a graduate of the University of Washington, Jeff began his on-air broadcasting career 35 years ago in the Black Hills of South Dakota as a general assignment reporter.
Jeff has worked in several regions of the country, from the Great Plains to the Midwest… and from the northeast to the southwest, before coming to Shreveport back in 2000 with his wife and four kids, where they have lived ever since.
Throughout his more than three decades of news reporting, Jeff has covered everything from the crack cocaine epidemic of the early ‘90s outside Chicago, to prolonged droughts in Oklahoma and paralyzing blizzards in Pennsylvania… and from devastating gulf coast hurricanes to severe flooding.
Jeff graduated with a master’s degree in history from Louisiana Tech University in Ruston in March 2023, and had just entered into a doctoral program until Red River Radio came calling, with a great opportunity to serve as news director at the public radio network.
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After the vote, Louisiana Sen. Royce Duplessis remarked “We are setting our state and our country back more than six decades.” After the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on April 29, several other southern states also began new gerrymandering efforts ahead of the midterms. -
More than 400 attorneys from across Arkansas came to hear the kickoff of the "Emerging Issues Series," focusing on the intersection of artificial intelligence and its ethical use in legal practices. -
Texas is home to an estimated 1.7 million people with authorization to work in industries requiring occupational licenses. Starting May 1, proof of legal status in the U.S. required to such licenses. -
WalletHub performed the study by analyzing professional opportunities, childcare opportunities and work-life balance, ranking all 50 states and the District of Columbia. This is the third such ranking for Louisiana by the personal finance website since 2021. -
Campaign hopes to improve on facts including:* 40% of Arkansas women on Medicaid not receiving prenatal care in first trimester* 78% not aware Arkansas Health Units provide pregnancy support. -
Texas prison officials blame an influx of more potent drugs like fentanyl, and other contraband, making its way into state prisons. Now the state prison system is asking for help to better detect illegal items before they make it inside. -
The 90-minute radio debate featured two top Republican Senate Primary contenders, State Treasurer John Fleming and Congresswoman Julia Letlow, in the May 16th Louisiana Primary. Incumbent Sen. Bill Cassidy did not attend. -
The University of Houston Hobby School Survey comes less than two weeks before the start of early voting between longtime incumbent Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. -
The Commonwealth Fund 2026 State Health Disparities Report discovered racial inequalities nationwide. The Hispanic population saw some of the lowest scores in a handful of southern and southeastern states. -
The joint announcement by the governor of Louisiana and the state's attorney general followed Wednesday’s ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court which struck down Louisiana’s current congressional map as "an unconstitutional racial gerrymander."
