- An energy company is laying off 135 employees at a Louisiana office and various offshore locations. - The potential for an economically-crippling freight railroad strike has been delayed until next month. - The juvenile justice system in Texas has been in crisis for years and advocates say a 71% staff turnover rate needs to be better addressed. - Louisiana's head of Children and Family Services has resigned after a string of child deaths occurred under her watch.
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.