At a 5.9 percent increase, Louisiana has seen a relatively strong growth in personal income in the second quarter of 2018, ranking second in the nation only to Texas at 6%. The construction sector was responsible for most of the growth. LSU economist Dr. Loren Scott says while the healthcare sector is seeing growth, it’s following a national trend.
Most of the Zachary Fire Department emergency response team returned home last night from the Carolinas after a 14 day mission responding to floods and damage from Hurricane Florence in South Carolina. Chief Mike Kimble says Louisiana emergency response teams are quickly becoming veteran first responders who are called upon by state’s across the nation.
Kimble says twos of his team are still in South Carolina.
Former soldier Ryan Taylor of New Llano has been sentenced to over 11 years in prison for manufacturing and detonating a chemical weapon at a Fort Polk training area. US Attorney David Joseph says one of the former soldiers may need a lung transplant because of the damage from inhaling the chlorine gas. He says they don’t know Taylor’s motivation, but they know he liked constructing devices that would explode…
Governor John Bel Edwards is in Lake Charles today for two events. The first being the dedication ceremony of the newly renovated runway at Chennault International Airport. The other event, welcoming the Houston Rockets to the campus of McNeese as they begin training camp. In relation to the airport, Edwards says the renovation of the two-mile runway, one of the longest in the nation, is an investment into the future of the region.
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