Jeff Ferrell
News Director/Producer - (318) 349-1722 (mobile); jeffrey.ferrell@lsus.eduOriginally from the Pacific Northwest, and a graduate of the University of Washington, Jeff began his on-air broadcasting career 36 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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There are now 582 operating and planned data centers across Texas, 138 of which are in the state’s tax break program, according to published reports, with only 20 audited so far. -
Arkansas set records for the number of visitors and how much money they spent in 2025. Tourism leaders credit at least some of the state's success to being an easily accessible, centrally located, cost friendly, outdoor recreation destination. -
The U.S. Representative made the decision after Republicans redrew La’s 6th Congressional District, from majority-Black favoring Democrats, to one favoring Republicans. -
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin spent part of this week promoting his upcoming Consumer Fraud and Protection Summit on Monday, September 28, and Tuesday, September 29. -
Immigration attorneys worry the executive order could force health providers to determine the legal status of pregnant women before providing care, potentially endangering their lives and those of their unborn children. -
The FDA says its investigation is still focused on Taylor Farms and that the agency did not apologize to Taco Bell or the lettuce supplier, only informing them of the false-positive test result for Cyclospora. -
At least two people were killed and 230 rescued after 30 inches of rain fell over several days across the Texas Hill Country and South-Central Texas. Gov. Greg Abbott issued a major disaster declaration for 28 heavily impacted counties, as recovery efforts are underway. -
Researchers at the CDC found that 31% of Arkansas residents tested positive for antibodies against Alpha-gal Syndrome (AGS), better known as the “red meat allergy.” The highest rate in the country. -
The ban does not affect inspected Texas beef. And meat products remain unaffected and safe for consumption according to the USDA. The Texas Governor's office calls the Canadian ban a "major overreaction." -
Mayor Tom Arceneaux says that Curtis “50-Cent” Jackson has committed to several major projects, and will find out more soon what was meant by his social media post that he may, "...have to pull back on the Red River ! Peace."
