The latest US Census data shows Louisiana had the third highest rate of poverty in the country in 2014. Emelie Gunn has more…:
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The Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s office says a 52-year-old man is under arrest after he was caught taking pictures of a woman who was in a fitting room at a department store. They say Aaron Merrit is charged with one count of video voyeurism. Investigators say the woman saw Merrit taking pictures of her as she was undressing then she contacted authorities. A tip to Crime Stoppers is how they were able to identify the suspect.

The Louisiana Workforce Commission says the number of people employed in mining and logging, which includes the oil sector, is at its lowest level since December 2005. But LWC Executive Director Curt Eysink says overall, Louisiana added more jobs than in the prior year because of an industrial construction boom happening across south Louisiana. He says the state has nearly 25-thousand more workers than in August 2014…:
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There are 46-thousand people employed in the oil sector of the state’s economy, a decline of 78-hundred over the last year. Eysink says you can blame the low price of oil and they are going to watch closely how that impacts the workforce if crude remains so depressed.

State Police say an early morning crash in Catahoula Parish claimed the life of a Wisner man. They believe 31-year-old Joe Graves III was speeding on Highway 913 when he ran off the road and crashed into a large tree. Investigators found Graves III was not wearing a seat belt and he was pronounced dead on the scene.