Originally from the Pacific Northwest, and a graduate of the University of Washington, Jeff began his on-air broadcasting career 33 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, 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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- CDC data reveals southern states with weaker gun violence laws and high gun ownership have highest gun death rates.- Texas lawmakers hope to make feminine hygiene products tax exempt.- Arkansas lawmakers will consider a bill to make it illegal for anyone lingering in a restroom or changing room inconsistent with their sex assigned at birth. -
- The Dept of the Interior has announced a wind lease auction for the Gulf of Mexico offshore Louisiana and Texas.- A state task force formed to address the teacher shortage in Texas has released its final recommendations.- A Caddo Commissioner will be arraigned in a Bossier court for allegedly impersonating a police officer last November.
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- TESLA announced it's moving its headquarters from Texas back to California, sort of.- A bill to be presented before the Texas Legislature will make it even more restrictive by reducing minors' access to legal abortion.- Another GOP lawmaker is considering entering the race for Louisiana governor.- 200 Shreveport families have the chance to register for a free Pop-Up Grocery that will provide 200 preregistered families with a week's worth of groceries.
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- Opponents of New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell say they have more recall petition signatures than the mayor got votes in her last election.- Texas House of Representatives are considering a request for $3.3 million in public funds to settle a whistleblower lawsuit against Attorney General Ken Paxton.- The city of El Dorado, Arkansas is sprucing things up around town and getting ready for the 49th annual Arkansas Governor's Conference on Tourism beginning Sunday.
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- Texas Governor Greg Abbott is stumping for the expansion of voucher-like school programs.- The National Weather Service in Shreveport has begun a special "Severe Weather Awareness Week" ahead of anticipated springtime severe weather season.
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- Central Texas Congressman Michael McCaul is calling for the US to share F-16 fighter jets with Ukraine- A coalition of churches and organizations across Louisiana are in the process of getting solar-powered micro-grids.- A bill affecting local libraries will be under consideration by the Louisiana Legislature that would give parish officials the freedom to remove library board members at will.
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- Shreveport Police are investigating the fatal shooting of a 17-year old that occurred on Clyde Fant Parkway near the Krewe of Gemini Mardi Gras parade Saturday.- The Texas Supreme Court will hear a case on mask mandates but it's also a case about state and local power.- Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards presented his last operating budget to lawmakers that closely matches last year's budget.
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- A warrant for the arrest of a Shreveport Police officer was issued by the Louisiana State Police yesterday in connection with the shooting death of Alonzo Bagley that took place about two weeks ago.- Texas Governor Greg Abbott delivered his State of the State address and signaled that education, especially school vouchers and school choice are main issues for the legislative session.- A report reveals a need that most Texas high schools lack enough school counselors for the student population.
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- Louisiana DOTD Secretary Shawn Wilson, a Democrat announced he will retire on March 4th and is considering a run for governor.- There are a number of tax credits and rebates for residents wanting to electrify and improve the energy efficiency of their homes.-Arkansas Governor Sara Huckabee-Sanders announced she wants to add a work requirement for some Arkansas Medicaid recipients.
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- An Alabama based infrastructure company has announced will construct a privately-funded toll bridge across the Red River to provide better access to the port of Caddo-Bossier.- Hay inventories are at their lowest since 1974, down 40% in Texas which is the largest hay producing state in the nation.
