Jeff Ferrell
News Director/ProducerOriginally from the Pacific Northwest, and a graduate of the University of Washington, Jeff began his on-air broadcasting career 33 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, 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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STAAR testing would be replaced by three shorter tests throughout the school year, instead of just one test in the spring. The change would take effect in the 2027-2028 school year. -
Louisiana Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser says inspection fees would allow them to hire thousands of inspectors to examine more imported seafood, since less than 5% is inspected now. -
Scientists eradicated New World screwworms in the U.S. and Mexico half a century ago by releasing hundreds of millions of sterile adult flies that mated with females and prevented them from laying eggs. Exceptions have included the costly and destructive 1976 outbreak. -
A group of 10 Arkansas death row prisoners also filed a lawsuit to block executions by nitrogen hypoxia, arguing the new law provides no guidance or standards to prison officials for carrying out the executions. -
While the Louisiana Public Service Commission voted 4 to 1 in favor of Entergy moving forward with its plans to build tree new gas-fired power plants and transmission infrastructure, worries linger about everything from water use, to strength of the electric grid and to future rate hikes. -
In 2023, the latest year in which data is available, Louisiana experienced a nearly 8% drop in smoking, from the previous decade. -
Potential applicants are told they do not need a social work degree to apply. Retired first responders looking for a new way to serve are encouraged to apply. -
Less than one-third of Arkansas public school districts offer at least a moderately comprehensive sexual health education curriculum. -
The Troup School District dedicated a web page to explain why the school board recently voted to hold a $22,205,000 bond election November 4. This website also provides a personal tax rate calculator. -
Entergy is expected to ask members of the Louisiana Public Service Commission to speed up the approval process when the state regulatory agency reconvenes next Wednesday, August 20, two months early.
