After a new law went into effect in April, 17-year-olds can now be tried as adults. Governor Landry said the goal is to deter teens from committing crimes. Richard Webster did a study on this for Veritae News, examining the arrests of 17-year-olds in three of the state’s biggest parishes – Orleans, Jefferson and East Baton Rouge.
In honor of, Central Louisiana Technical Community College is holding several events aimed at highlighting manufacturing opportunities throughout the state. Vice Chancellor of Workforce and Grant Development Lindsay Green
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Green says the manufacturing industry is very lucrative with several high-paying jobs.
Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida as a Category 4 storm, just two weeks after Hurricane Francine hit southern Louisiana as a Category 2. This is the fourth hurricane to strike the Gulf Coast this season, and while the full extent of damage is still unknown, Insurance Information Institute spokesperson Mark Friedlander says that these storms rarely impact the insurance landscape alone.
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Hurricane Milton is now a Category Five storm with maximum sustained winds of 160 miles an hour is barreling toward Florida and LSU Public Health Climatologist Barry Keim says we may not be done with major storms this year.