Children and Family Services is partnering with CASA this month for a major recruitment drive for much-needed volunteers. Connor Ferrill has more.
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A Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Deputy was at the right place at the right time to be a hero for a choking kindergarten teacher on the first day of school at Plantation Park Elementary. Deputy Chris Slopak was roaming the halls when he encountered the teacher, Mrs. Burns, in distress. Slopak says although he has been trained for it, he has no previous experience in aiding someone in a real-life choking incident.
Unemployment for the month of July in Louisiana was 4.9 percent, continuing a promising string on unemployment numbers for the state. The national average currently sits at 3.9 percent. But Acadiana is still reeling from the disintegration of the oil and gas industry in Louisiana over the last decade. Louisiana Workforce Commissioner Ava Dejoie says the region is still trying to recover, but it appears for now that they’ve been able to stem the bleeding of lost jobs.
Senator John Kennedy says the 7-6 Bond Commission decision against allowing bids from banks who deny financing to certain gun manufacturers and sellers is a statement victory that will inspire similar efforts in other conservative states, and even Congress. Kennedy says he can’t say much at the moment, but he is planning on addressing corporate gun control efforts at the national level.