Dark skies and rolling clouds signaled the arrival of severe weather in the ArkLaTex on Tuesday, bringing strong winds and rain. Here are some of the images our viewers sent via sendit@ksla.com.More >>
Dark skies and rolling clouds signaled the arrival of severe weather in the ArkLaTex on Tuesday, bringing strong winds and rain. Here are some of the images our viewers sent via sendit@ksla.com.More >>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 10:51 PM EDT2013-05-22 02:51:36 GMT
The Bossier City Fire Department on Tuesday responded to a commercial waste disposal center after an outdoor pile of debris caught fire and threatened to burn a nearby wooded area.More >>
The Bossier City Fire Department on Tuesday responded to a commercial waste disposal center after an outdoor pile of debris caught fire and threatened to burn a nearby wooded area.More >>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 9:35 PM EDT2013-05-22 01:35:05 GMT
Storms that pushed through the ArkLaTex on Tuesday dropped a few trees as well as area temperatures but caused little structural damage.More >>
Storms that pushed through the ArkLaTex on Tuesday dropped a few trees as well as area temperatures but caused little structural damage.More >>
TEXARKANA, AR (KSLA) -
Safety equipment for the Arkansas Highway Department proved its worth Thursday after an accident in Texarkana.
Crews with the Arkansas Highway Department were working on I-30 when a car plowed into the rear of a moving barrier. "It is no doubt the injuries were minimal because the impact was with this vehicle trailer," says Texarkana Arkansas police officer Kristie Mitchell.
Crews say the equipment is called a truck attenuator and designed to absorb the impact from collisions like this one. "We have different applications where we use these attenuators. And we have then out there for the protection of our employees and also for the protection of the motoring public," says Arkansas Highway Department official Joe Haney.
Officials say this is the first time in Southwest Arkansas that someone had made contact with this moving barrier and they are pleased with the outcome. "The vehicle could have made impact with the back end of the dump truck which actually could have went under the dump truck or even hit our workers out there," says Haney.
Police say the driver of the car and one highway department employee were taken to the hospital by private vehicles with minor injuries. Police also say this wreck is a reminder to drive with caution through highway work zones. " There was significant warning that construction was up ahead. And people need to be paying more attention to those warnings," says Mithchell
Monday, May 20 2013 7:18 PM EDT2013-05-20 23:18:14 GMT
CHRISTUS Health Shreveport-Bossier has announced the closure of one hospital and the expansion of another, in what it is calling a "new strategic direction."More >>
CHRISTUS Health Shreveport-Bossier has announced the closure of one hospital and the expansion of another, in what it is calling a "new strategic direction."More >>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 10:16 PM EDT2013-05-22 02:16:08 GMT
Residents in tornado-stricken Moore, OK, await news on missing love ones Tuesday, a day after a massive tornado devastated the city, killing at least 51. Rescuers worked all night, with particular attentionMore >>
The tornado, with winds up to 200 mph, cut a 20-mile stretch as wide as two miles through the Oklahoma City metro area. The medical examiner's office reported 24 people died, including nine children. More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 10:01 PM EDT2013-05-21 02:01:16 GMT
PGA Champion and Shreveport native Hal Sutton released a brief statement Monday in response to the announcement of the pending closure of Sutton Children's Medical Center.More >>
PGA Champion and Shreveport native Hal Sutton released a brief statement Monday in response to the announcement of the pending closure of Sutton Children's Medical Center.More >>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 3:28 AM EDT2013-05-21 07:28:53 GMT
Four days after storms swept through the Ark-La-Tex, people who live along Barron Road in Keithville are still cleaning up. Now, they're bracing for more possible severe weather on Tuesday.More >>
Four days after storms swept through the Ark-La-Tex, people who live along Barron Road in Keithville are still cleaning up. Some lost their homes, others lost their cars. Now, they are bracing for what future storms may bring.More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 10:14 PM EDT2013-05-21 02:14:25 GMT
A copy of a daily journal Allen's mother says her son kept, documenting school bullying
An ArkLaTex mother says her son was pushed to the edge by bullying, and took his own life as a result. More >>
An ArkLaTex mother says her son was pushed to the edge by bullying, and took his own life as a result. Now, she's speaking out in hopes of putting a stop to what she claims is an ongoing problem in the tiny McCurtain County town of Smithville, OK.More >>
If you really want to focus on the weather, our KSLA StormTracker 12 Weather app for Android and iPhone has location-based weather alerts, interactive radar, 10 day and hourly forecasts for any city. More >>
If you really want to focus on the weather, our KSLA StormTracker 12 Weather app for Android, iPhone and iPad has location-based weather alerts, interactive radar, 10 day and hourly forecasts for any city. More >>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 10:36 AM EDT2013-05-21 14:36:49 GMT
(RNN) – A day after long track tornadoes devastated Shawnee and Edmond, OK, another round has begun near Oklahoma City.KOCO broadcast a slow rotating cloud that slowly extended down towards the groundMore >>
Dozens of people have died after a second day of tornadoes twisted through Oklahoma, this time taking aim at the town of Moore, south of Oklahoma City.More >>
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