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Red River Radio Local Newscast 8:04 AM 05.11.22 with Chuck Smith

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— Attorneys for the state of Louisiana told the state Supreme Court a ban on non-unanimous jury verdicts should not be enforced retroactively to hundreds of old cases.
— A nationally renowned pediatric infectious disease specialist spoke f to the Shreveport city council about gun violence from the perspective of public health and safety.
— High temperatures are intensifying drought conditions in Texas. As it stands now, 80 percent of the Lone Star state is in drought.


Chuck Smith brings more than 30 years' broadcast and media experience to Red River Radio. He began his career as a radio news reporter and transitioned to television journalism and newsmagazine production. Chuck studied mass communications at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia and motion picture / television production at the University of California at Los Angeles. He has also taught writing for television at York Technical College in Rock Hill, South Carolina and video / film production at Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport.