Small business optimism has skyrocketed in December, according to a survey from the National Federation of Independent Businesses. Emelie Gunn has more…:
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The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office says one of their deputies was involved in a shooting with a man apparently trying to kill himself. They say 19-year-old Austin Rackley of Sulphur was located fighting with a family member and he had a gun. They said he refused to put it down when he was ordered to and deputies fired striking him in the neck – injuring him. The investigation is ongoing.

New Orleans will host Wrestlemania in 2018; the quickest the WWE event returns to a host city ever. That’s according to Governor John Bel Edwards who says when Wrestlemania last came to The Big Easy in 2014, over 75,000 fans came from around the world – which had an economic impact of $142 million dollars for the city…:
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He says it’s just another huge occasion to laud the 300th year of the founding of New Orleans.

Enrollment for Louisiana’s public school scholarship program is now open. It’s for low-income students in poor performing schools to go to private schools. President of the Louisiana Federation for Children, Ann Duplessis, says test scores have demonstrated voucher students are making academic strides…:
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She says 65-hundred students currently receive taxpayer funded vouchers.