Authorities are investigating a shooting that occurred Monday afternoon outside a Slidell-area business.  Deputies with the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office found two individuals with apparent gunshot wounds.  67-year0old Dennis Knecht was pronounced dead at the scene.  64-year-old Cynthia Knecht was transported to a local hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries.  Lt. Suzanne Carbon assures there is no danger to the public…

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This is an ongoing investigation.

Early data suggests the 2024 flu season is off to a slower-than-usual start but Ochsner Medical Family Medicine Physician Dr. Whitney Hardy cautions that flu activity can pick up later in the season.

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The state is ordering a Lafayette-based roofing company to stop acting as public adjusters.  Sean Richardson has more.

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Fewer employees are being laid off as layoffs are at their lowest level since the pandemic but fewer people are being hired. U-N-O professor of business economics Mark Rosa says there are troubling signs ahead for the retail sector.

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Rosa says the financial sector has undergone a lot of consolidation.