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Texas Reported Zero Daily COVID Deaths For First Time In Pandemic Get our free mobile app Texas Governor Greg Abbott says that the state of Texas had zero COVID deaths reported in their daily numbers for the first time since the start of the Pandemic. That report came on Sunday, May 16th. This is an incredible dip for Texas, a state who had incredibly high numbers as the calendar turned to 2021. To start the year, Texas had almost 20,000 new cases on their daily average. In Mid-January, Texas had an average of 19,100 daily COVID cases, and around 14,000 average daily hospitalizations. Those w...

Get our free mobile app Geek'd Con, Shreveport's comic con, unfortunately had to miss the 2020 show due to the COVID pandemic restrictions around the state. But the show is back on for 2021! The show's return will be August 13th-15th at the Shreveport Convention Center. Before the pandemic, Geek'd Con had become one of the biggest pop culture events in the region. With guests like Michael Rooker, LeVar Burton, Elvira, Peter Mayhew, Chris Sarandon, and more. The 2021 lineup looks like one of the biggest ever for the event. Looking at the lineup for this year, you'd have no idea that the entir...

How Close Is The Red River To Flood Stage In Shreveport? Get our free mobile app The heavy rains our region has seen over the last couple of weeks is already causing issues on Cross Lake in Shreveport. All boat launches and ramps are closed because of the rising water. As of Thursday morning, Cross Lake had risen to 170.9 feet, and is expected to crest today at 173.5 feet. The flood stage for the lake is 172.5 feet. This is all based on rains that have already fallen, meaning additional rain in our forecast could make things worse. Residents who live around the lake are already being urged to...

Mark Hebert of the National Auto Dealers Association talks about the the biggest reasons car dealers around the country are struggling to find inventory and what the shortage is doing to prices to consumers. Hebert, who is also President of Shreveport's Hebert's Town & Country dealership, explains that the new car shortage seems to be nationwide. "We'll. they're not on the lot," says Hebert, when asked where the inventory of new cars has gone, "The industry is having this shortage and it goes back to COVID and then microchips that these cars need and we just can't get enough of them.

Gigantic Chinese Rocket Will Crash into The Earth This Week Get our free mobile app As a long time nerd, it's an understatement to say that I love space exploration.  There is one thing I'm not a fan of, however, and that is when pieces of the rockets and space craft comes crashing back down in ways that the eggheads who run the world's space programs don't plan on. That's the potential issue going on right now after a malfunction with China's Long March 5b rocket.  On Wednesday, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) launched this behemoth with a payload set to add to their sp...