Disappointing economic development news for Louisiana as International Paper announces the closure of its containerboard mill in Natchitoches Parish. It’s one of four facilities International Paper is closing across the country and here in Louisiana it means the loss of 300 permanent jobs. State Representative Jack MacFarland says the Louisiana Workforce Commission will help the impacted workers find a new job…
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International Paper says it needs to streamline its footprint to focus investments on facilities that will best serve customers.
Governor Landry said this week that the state will use nitrogen gas to execute death row inmates. Attorney General Liz Murrill…
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A DeSoto Parish judge has set an execution date of March 17th for 81-year-old Christopher Sepulvado who killed his six-year-old stepson in 1992.
Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain says the average wholesale price for medium sized eggs is seven dollars a dozen; and until they get the bird flu under control, those prices will continue to go up.
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Some grocery stores are putting limits on how many eggs you can buy, because of a shortage of eggs.
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says it has found three more positive captive cases of chronic wasting disease in deer. The recent detections were in Concordia, St. Landry and Tangipahoa Parishes and they are linked to a CWD positive deer pen in Jefferson Davis Parish. LDWF Veterinarian Doctor Jonathan Roberts says CWD has not been shown to be contagious to humans…