Category Archives: News
Protesters demand Sen. Cassidy back full extension of enhanced unemployment benefits
A handful of protesters took up positions outside Senator Bill Cassidy's office in Baton Rouge demanding a full extension of 600-dollar a week enhanced unemployment benefits. Congressional Republicans...
Jul 30, 2020
Armed carjacking suspect dies in officer-involved shooting
State Police is investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting that happened last night in Lake Charles. Trooper Derek Senegal says Lake Charles police officers responded to an alleged carjacking and...
Jul 30, 2020
Acadiana area bar owners file federal class-action lawsuit against Governor Edwards
Several bar owners in Acadiana have filed a federal class-action lawsuit against Governor Edwards over his emergency order that bans onsite consumption at bars. Attorney Jimmy Faircloth is representin...
Jul 30, 2020 cesar bojorquez / CC
Report: SEC considering 10-game conference-only football schedule
SEC athletic directors have reportedly approved a ten-game conference-only schedule for football this year due to the pandemic. But the proposal still needs approval from university presidents, who wi...
Jul 30, 2020
LED FastTrack named the nation's top workforce development program
Business Facilities Magazine ranks Louisiana Economic Development's FastStart program as the top workforce development program in the nation for the eleventh consecutive year. Executive Director of th...
Jul 29, 2020
State Senator asks Governor to allow clergy to enter healthcare facilities
A Minden Senator is asking the Edwards administration to allow clergy members into healthcare facilities to tend to sick and/or dying patients. The current public health emergency bars family from ent...
Jul 29, 2020
2019 high school class graduation rate sees slight decline
The state graduation rate declined from 81.4 percent for the class of 2018 to 80.1 percent for the class of 2019. New Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley says it's a disappointing development aft...
Jul 29, 2020 sydneyewing1 / CC
Lt Gov. optimistic about the chances for football, Mardi Gras
Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser is optimistic that football and Mardi Gras will not have to be canceled due to the pandemic, and is celebrating yet another record weekend for state parks. Nungesser says ...
Jul 29, 2020
Gov. Edwards says feds need to help states' unemployment insurance funds with COVID-19 relief legislation
Governor John Bel Edwards is calling on Louisiana's Congressional Delegation to consider funding Louisiana's Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund in the current proposal for COVID-19 relief legislation. ...
Jul 29, 2020
Hundreds of residents report receiving mysterious seeds in the mail
The Louisiana Department of Agricultural says since Friday its office has received about 300 calls from people who say they received a mysterious package of seeds. The seeds have a mailing address fro...
Jul 29, 2020
