Governor John Bel Edwards has issued a statement in response to the state’s unemployment rate falling for the sixth straight month in Louisiana. It dropped to 4.8% in October from 5.1 in September. Edwards said since he’s been in office he always knew that Louisiana’s brightest days are ahead of us, and these unemployment figures are reflecting that.

A south Louisiana restaurant will get national attention this weekend on the Travel Channel’s “Food Paradise.” Jeff Palermo has more…:
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Governor John Bel Edwards announces a plan to upgrade high speed internet connectivity to 164-thousand students in K-12 public schools. Education Policy Advisor for the Governor Donald Songy says these kids have broadband in their schools now but it’s slow…:
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90-percent of high speed internet costs are paid for by grant money but Songy says the struggle for many schools is finding the funding for that last 10-percent.

Some folks in Calcasieu Parish got a surprise when they were stopped by deputies today. The Sheriff’s Office said instead of tickets, citizens throughout the parish who committed minor traffic violations were given turkeys.