My name is Dusty, and when introducing myself, I say that that’s my name, not my condition. (Yeah, nobody else laughs either.) I’m a native Texan; Terrell is my hometown, just like Jamie Foxx who’s way more famous. I graduated from Stephen F. Austin with a degree in Communications which essentially means I learned how to talk and not much else. My wife, Wynonne, and I have been married for a loooong time, and we have two daughters and a granddaughter in Tyler. We also have two cats who puke a lot, but isn’t that just what cats do? I’m somewhat of a geek: I love reading science fiction, watching Game Of Thrones, and solving New York Times crossword puzzles. Above all I’m a life-long Dallas Cowboys fan which means half our listeners automatically hate me. Dems da breaks.
Dusty Hayes
If You’re Traveling to Mexico, Don’t Drink The Alcohol
U.S. State Department issues travel warning.
Another Louisiana University Gets Into The Beer Business
Institute of "higher learning" was recently voted #1 party school in America
You May Be Leaving Flood Assistance Money On The Table
Take the Homeowners Flood Damage Survey to ensure you don't miss out on federal funds
Monroe Chef Advances To Next Round of “Food Network Star”
And he had to win a big battle to do it.
Could This NBA “G League” Team Really Be Coming To Shreveport?
What would the mascot of the team be?
It’s Time For Pea Pickin’ On Bossier Sheriff’s Pea Farm
I spent the first 12 years of my life in Abilene out in West Texas. My dad is from San Angelo, so we lived relatively close to his family. However, my mother is from deepest East Texas. A couple of times every year we'd drive the eight hours to my grandmother's house in Silsbee, Texas, just outside of Beaumont...
TV Series Set in Shreveport Renewed for 2nd Season
True crime is all the rage these days. On Friday nights, two of the big four networks air true crime mysteries. NBC airs two hours of Dateline starting at 8:00pm and ABC carries 20/20 at 9:00pm.
There are two major cable channels dedicated almost exclusively to true crime: Investigation: Discovery (ID), and Oxygen...
July 4th Fireworks: Fun and Frightening
When I was kid there was nothing more intriguing to me than Black Cat firecrackers. I loved the smell of gunpowder and the power I felt when I lit one of those tiny sticks of dynamite. The hint of danger that came along with them only added to the excitement...
Believe It Or Not, Louisiana Is A Relatively Safe Place To Live
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West Monroe Representative Wants To Raise Smoking Age
When the argument was raging about the legal drinking age, those for keeping it at 18 used the motto, "Old enough to fight and vote, old enough to drink and smoke." Nevertheless, in 1984 Congress passed the National Minimum Drinking Age Act, which required states to raise their legal drinking ages to 21 by October 1986 or lose 10% of their federal highway funds...
5 Crazy Texas Laws You May Have Broken
A couple of months ago I blogged about five crazy laws in Louisiana that you may have unwittingly broken. For example, it's illegal in the Pelican State to steal crawfish from a crawfish farm, which totally makes sense for Louisiana. Not so much for Texas...
Corporate Changes Could Affect Shreveport/Bossier Retailers
One major company is filing bankruptcy and another is closing a number of stores in the latest bad news for national retailers. Both have locations in Shreveport/Bossier City.
This past Thursday Ascena Retail Group announced that it would be closing up to 650 locations of its popular clothing stores...