An expecting father rushing his pregnant wife to the hospital missed the birth of his child after being arrested in Rapides Parish. Creola Police Chief Heath Landry says one of his officers clocked Zak Evans’ vehicle doing 108 in a 55 mph speed zone. He says the officer witnessed more dangerous driving as he attempted to pull over Evans…
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An ambulance took Evans’ wife to the hospital, where she gave birth to a girl, but the Dad now faces several charges.

Governor John Bel Edwards says he’s been encouraged by the latest employment numbers which show the state’s unemployment rate dropping and the number of employed increasing. Edwards says they are also seeing positive signs in the Lafayette area, the heart of the state’s oil and gas sector….
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June employment numbers could be out tomorrow.

St. Landry Congressman Clay Higgins is spearheading an effort to reform the National Flood Insurance Program as the current one expires September 30th. Jeff Palermo has more…
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Elected officials from Louisiana are sending prayers to Arizona Senator John McCain who has been diagnosed with an aggressive type of brain tumor. Louisiana’s Senior Senator Bill Cassidy describess Senator McCain a fighter and Junior Senator John Kennedy calls McCain a colleage, friend and American hero. Medical experts say Cain has a slim chance of beating this type of brain tumor.