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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- The head of Louisiana’s Democratic Party has issued a statement that she will not be a candidate for governor.- Texas Governor Greg Abbott is calling for expanding restrictions on transgender athletes.- The largest producer of medical marijuana in Louisiana says it has expanded its growing operation for 2023. -
- A new proposal to get more federal funding for rural Arkansas hospitals was approved by an Arkansas Senate Committee.- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has agreed to settle wrongful termination claims with former employees who reported him to the FBI.- And the two undefeated teams in women's college basketball squared off in South Carolina.
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- U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg visits Lake Charles to celebrate a $150 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation.- Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's office has directed state agencies and public institutions to stop the use of diversity, equity, and inclusion or DEI polices during the hiring process.
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- 20 members of the Texas Legislative Black Caucus have filed nearly four hundred bills this legislative session aimed at things like criminal justice reform and maternal health.- Teen pregnancy among high school students in Arkansas is higher than the nation's average and a new bill has been proposed to add extra time for students to recover without penalty after giving birth.
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- Arkansas Governor Sarah Sanders delivered the GOP rebuttal to President Biden's State of the Union address last night.- The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas has issued a report that Texas' robust economic growth and employment has outpaced the nation.- Caddo Parish Commission is holding a public meeting on redistricting today.
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- Nearly $21 billion in capital investments were made in Louisiana during 2022.- Texas education officials project a statewide decline in student enrollment for the years ahead.- Some former Shreveporters were recognized at the 65th Grammy awards with one receiving a Grammy.
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- Arkansas lawmakers will vote on a bill that penalizes state agencies for using affirmative action in hiring or procurement.- The Louisiana Senate will decide on a bill that offers $45 million as incentive for property insurance companies to do business in the state,- Cold and rainy weather is expected for Texas and much of the south as heavy rain continues throughout the day.
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- Cold rain could become light freezing rain this morning through the afternoon across the region.- Twenty years ago today at about a minute before 9am, the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated as it reentered the atmosphere over Texas.- Democrats in the Texas Legislature are pushing back against a pair of GOP-backed bills they say are discriminatory in preventing property sales to foreigners.-
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- A winter weather advisory and flood watch have been issued for east Texas, south Arkansas, and Northwest / north central Louisiana.- Texas policy wonks and partygoers are pushing for legalizing marijuana as a way to pay to help fund education and ease property taxes.- Arkansas lawmakers have finished first month of legislative session but observers say the pace has been slow due to no specifics from the governor's office on the state budget.
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- The U.S. Justice Department says Louisiana's prison system routinely holds people beyond their release dates.- Texans feel worse about their personal finances this year than they did last year.- Louisiana Policy Institute for Children sent an e-mail saying that too many children are still not receiving the instruction needed to fully prepare them for kindergarten.
