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Red River Radio Local Newscast 8:04 AM 10.28.22 with Chuck Smith

- The head of the Texas Department of Public Safety says he will not resign from his post, despite increasing calls for him to do so over his agency’s response to the mass shooting in Uvalde last May.
- Odds of a possible rail strike next month just increased, and Texas as well as the rest of the nation could get hit hard if it happens.
- Flu season is beginning and Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport are holding a special flu shot event this Saturday, October 29th.

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.