Category Archives: News
Amazon picks Carencro site for state's first fulfillment center
Amazon has selected Carencro as the site of its first fulfillment center in Louisiana, with the 500 job facility expected to open a year from now. Governor Edwards said Amazon is investing 100 million...
Dec 22, 2020
Will you be charged to be vaccinated for COVID?
When COVID vaccines are more widely available to the public you might wonder who's paying for them, especially after the pandemic has hurt so many financially. Blue Cross Blue Shield Medical Director ...
Dec 22, 2020 NIAID / CC
LA clawing back jobs lost to the pandemic
The state unemployment rate fell 1.1 percent from October to 8.3 percent in November as we continue slowly regaining jobs lost earlier in the pandemic. Workforce Commission Secretary Ava Dejoie said e...
Dec 22, 2020
Bo Pelini out as LSU Defensive Coordinator
After a historically bad season for the LSU defense, Bo Pelini is out as defensive coordinator. The school announced last night that Pelini and LSU mutually parted ways with two years left on his cont...
Dec 22, 2020
Pandemic relief bill to assist restaurants
Included in the $900 billion pandemic relief bill are provisions to assist the struggling restaurant industry. Louisiana Restaurant Association President Stan Harris said the bill gives a second round...
Dec 22, 2020
Christmas meal food distribution for Cameron and Calcasieu parishes
To keep residents of Cameron and Calcasieu Parishes from going without a Christmas meal, Second Harvest is distributing holiday staples today thanks to a sizable donation from Chevron. Second Harvest ...
Dec 22, 2020
SE England on lockdown as new, more infectious coronavirus strain detected
UK authorities had to put southeast England in a hard quarantine over the weekend after discovering a new, more infectious strain of coronavirus spreading through the population. LSU Health New Orlean...
Dec 21, 2020 sergio santos / CC
Legislative Auditor raises concerns over slow test result reporting
A Legislative Auditor's report raises concerns that COVID test results are not getting reported to the Department of Health fast enough for effective contact tracing. Data Analytics Manager Chris Mage...
Dec 21, 2020
Moderna vaccines arrive in Louisiana
Louisiana will receive just under 80,000 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine over the next three days. About 36,000 of those will head to nursing homes and the remaining 44,000 are being sent to tie...
Dec 21, 2020 NIAID / CC
No Independence Bowl on Saturday, ending 44 consecutive years of a bowl game in Shreveport
For the first time in 44 years, the Independence Bowl will not be played in Shreveport on Saturday. The I-Bowl could not find an opponent for Army who accepted a bid to play in the bowl game. I-Bowl s...
Dec 21, 2020
