Will hear from arts official: The Downtown Business Association will hold its second quarter membership meeting at 8 a.m. Thursday at the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge. Derek Gordon, CEO of the Arts Council, will be the guest speaker. For details, contact Kerry Ruiz at 937-9736.
SWEPCO asks customers to limit electricity use: A Shreveport-based power company is urging its customers to conserve power. Southwestern Electric Power Co. is asking its 180,000 northwest Louisiana customers to keep electricity use at a minimum. The company hopes to avoid a series of rolling blackouts that would leave customers without power for up to two hours at a time. SWEPCO says the request was made because of high temperatures in the area, increased demand for electricity and transmission problems with the electric system in Louisiana.
