Red River Radio Local Newscast 8:04 AM 04.18.23 with Chuck Smith

By Chuck Smith

Published April 18, 2023 at 8:28 AM CDT

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- Oklahoma's Governor and the state NAACP have called for the resignations of McCurtain County Sheriff and other officials upon learning of audio recordings allegedly discussing hiring hitmen to kill a local newspaper reporter and lynch black people.
- President Joe Biden will nominate a North Texas Judge to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
- The Texas Senate has passed its proposed spending plan of the $308 billion budget.
- Arkansas Governor Sara Huckabee-Sanders says a special legislative session is possible to focus on the state's Medicaid program.

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Chuck Smith

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.

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