Wednesday, June 19 2013 7:46 PM EDT2013-06-19 23:46:27 GMT
Two children, ages 7 and 5, were seriously injured after the motorized scooter they were riding collided with a car Wednesday in Bossier Parish.More >>
Two children, ages 7 and 5, were seriously injured after the motorized scooter they were riding collided with a car Wednesday in Bossier Parish.More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 7:41 PM EDT2013-06-19 23:41:24 GMT
Hundreds turned out Wednesday morning for the funeral of Texarkana, Texas Police Officer William Sprague, who died Saturday as the result of a hit and run while he was on duty early Friday morning.More >>
Hundreds turned out Wednesday morning for the funeral of Texarkana, Texas Police Officer William Sprague, who died Saturday as the result of a hit and run while he was on duty early Friday morning.More >>
Shreveport Police Violent Crimes investigators arrested a Shreveport woman in connection to the death of a 3-year-old who was pronounced dead Monday night.More >>
TYLER, TX (KLTV) -
After a weekend power outage left hundreds of students displaced, officials at Tyler Junior College are making plans to be more prepared should it happen again.
For campus safety and housing leaders, the outage was a learning experience that could help other East Texas colleges and their students know what to do in a similar situation.
The underground cable that supplied power to the campus was dripping like a hose after water seeped into the cable and blew a transformer.
"Even when you have plans in place, there are always things that take place that you hadn't anticipated," says TJC Director of Public Affairs Fred Peters.
For roughly 20 hours over the weekend, 250 students were relocated. The females were moved to temporary dorm rooms with electricity. The males were provided mattresses to sleep on in a lobby lit by a natural gas generator. Looking back, housing director Diana Karol says there's always room for improvement.
"We need to encourage the residents to tap into our Apache text alert and check their TJC Facebook page because that social media is such a great way to put those real-time announcements out," says Karol.
The announcements won't just help students, but parents, too. A concerned parent drove in from out of town over the weekend after not being able to get in touch with their son.
"I learned that we need battery-operated phone chargers," adds Karol.
Another concern, which was at the bottom of the school's priority list, but the top of the students', was battling boredom.
"They had to do without all of their games and devices and music and movies. They ended up playing board games in the lobby and they ended up playing hide and seek. Everybody got a little LED flashlight, so it really turned into kind of a fun sleep over," Karol says.
"It is a learning experience. You take it and you learn. It's not the first time power has gone out on campus," says TJC Police Chief Randy Melton.
TJC will continue to look at what went right and what to improve for next time. TJC says having an analog phone line, backup generators and a communication plan is extremely helpful during a campus-wide power outage. They also had overtime officers on staff, which ensured a trouble-free evening.
Wednesday, June 19 2013 7:41 PM EDT2013-06-19 23:41:24 GMT
Hundreds turned out Wednesday morning for the funeral of Texarkana, Texas Police Officer William Sprague, who died Saturday as the result of a hit and run while he was on duty early Friday morning.More >>
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Wednesday, June 19 2013 6:24 PM EDT2013-06-19 22:24:19 GMT
A bomb squad from Barksdale Air Force Base has been called into to handle a suspicious device discovered outside a Texarkana, Arkansas dentist's office.More >>
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Shreveport Police Violent Crimes investigators arrested a Shreveport woman in connection to the death of a 3-year-old who was pronounced dead Monday night.More >>
A 13-year-old boy was arrested and charged with second degree murder after his 5-year-old sister died Sunday. Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Detectives say the boy admitted to practicing "WWE" moves on theMore >>
A teen boy was arrested and charged with murder after his younger sister died. Detectives say he admitted practicing "WWE" moves on her, even after she said she was in pain.More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 10:23 AM EDT2013-06-19 14:23:12 GMT
(CNN) – More than 23,000 pounds of ground beef products are being recalled on fears they may be contaminated with E. coli bacteria. The recalled cases come from the National Beef Packing Company, basedMore >>
More than 23,000 pounds of ground beef products are being recalled on fears they may be contaminated with E. coli bacteria.More >>
Tuesday, June 18 2013 9:23 AM EDT2013-06-18 13:23:30 GMT
A 5-year-old girl set up a lemonade stand across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church compound, and now the group is targeting her. Jayden Sink raised nearly $200 on Friday while she sold lemonadeMore >>
A 5-year-old girl set up a lemonade stand across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church compound, and now the group is targeting her.More >>
Tuesday, June 18 2013 3:35 PM EDT2013-06-18 19:35:49 GMT
A dog battling cancer managed to hang on long enough to see her owner return from a deployment overseas. According to Jennifer Ralston's YouTube channel, Kermie, an 11-year-old beagle-lab-chow mix, wasMore >>
Kermie, an 11-year-old beagle-lab-chow mix, was diagnosed with oral melanoma just a month after her owner, Eric, was deployed overseas.More >>
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