Jeff 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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Controversy now surrounds the violence which broke out immediately after the Erika Kirk event between supporters and protesters outside the Arkansas Governor’s Mansion on Wednesday, with a trooper injured, and several arrests made. -
Current law says custodial parents cannot relocate more than 75 miles away from the other parent without their permission. But how the mileage is calculated is left to a judge’s discretion. -
University of Arkansas Professor Shirin Saeidi, Ph.D., was suspended for social media posts about Israel, Gaza and Iran, and recommended for firing in December. -
Gov. Jeff Landry cites successes and urges cooperation to approve his $47 billion budget in a mostly 'standstill' budget, as lawmakers consider 1,300 bills. -
Texas Democrats cast about 2.3 million votes in this year's primary election — far higher than the roughly one million ballots cast in the party’s 2022 and 2024 primaries. -
Friday UPDATE & New Audio: USGS research scientist Dr. Robert Skoumal explains we may never know exactly what caused Thursday's 4.9 magnitude earthquake. But he and others say many quakes in the region have been linked to saltwater disposal wells. -
Louisiana Senate President Cameron Henry cautions that data centers are no panacea to the myriad issues which plague the state, but also wants to be clear he is not attacking the power companies or the industry, only providing consumers with valuable information to better navigate the issue. -
NEW: Update - The Caddo Parish School District announced that all schools will resume normal schedules on Wednesday, with makeshift repairs restoring water pressure to the system. A voluntary boil advisory remains in effect. Students may bring water and schools will have limited supplies, as well. -
While the letter claims severe medical risks and psychological harm caused by children's confinement, ICE released a statement "debunking the mainstream media lies," specifically about the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas. -
New polling reveals Louisiana parents reported spending $870 per child, per month, on child care, or $10,441 per year. More than 70% of parents stated they could not work without reliable child care.
