4:30 LRN Newscasll Oct 10

A dismembered body found several years ago in rural St. Tammany Parish in 2016 has been identified. Jeff Palermo has more on this 2016 homicide investigation…

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Holden Hoggatt who’s running against incumbent southwest Louisiana congressman Clay Higgins picks up the endorsements of former congressmen Charles Boustany and Chris John, along with former Senator John Breaux. Breaux says Hoggatt is a republican who can work across party lines. Higgins received fellow congressman Steve Scalise’s backing.

Since 2006 rural areas in Louisiana continue to lose nonfarm jobs and economist Dr. Loren Scott predicts the trend will continue among the 29 parishes outside the state’s nine metropolitan areas. He predicts 1,000 jobs will be lost next year and in 2024 17-hundred job losses.

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Scott says however there are rural areas that are seeing a boon in job in the timber sector.

If you suffer from autumn allergies, you might blame what’s goldenrod because it’s the most visible. LSU Ag Center Horticulturist Heather Kirk-Ballard says however ragweed’s tiny particles are nearly invisible, but allergy sufferers know they’re there herself included.

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