The Louisiana Workforce Commission says the number of people employed last month was the second-highest ever for an August, with 2.02 million taking home a pay check. L-W-C Executive Director Ava Dejoie says manufacturing continues to see the biggest job gains as that sector added 54-hundred jobs over the last year and there’s been an increase in the number of jobs related to the oil and gas industry
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Dejoie says the Baton Rouge and New Orleans metro areas added the most jobs.

A Baton Rouge man will receive a court-ordered 185-thousand dollar settlement from McKinley High School, after he was ordered to do 200 push ups in 2015 for running late to band practice. The punishment resulted in a five-day hospital stay. Plaintiff attorney Sean Fagan says McKinley administrators were not sympathetic…
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A week has passed since Hurricane Florence made landfall and Louisiana first responders are still assisting in water rescues in South Carolina…
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Tomorrow is National Hunting and Fishing Day. It was established in 1972 as a way to appreciate hunters and anglers contributions to conservation. Delhi Senator Francis Thompson says that’s certainly the case in Louisiana, as license fees are a major driver behind state conservation funding.
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National Hunting and Fishing Day events will be held in Haughton, Woodworth, and West Monroe tomorrow.