Construction officially gets underway this afternoon on a new I-10 bridge in Lake Charles. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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One teen was killed and a driver seriously injured this week as they allegedly tried to flee Bogalusa Police and hit a utility pole. It happened Monday night near the near the intersection of West 9th Street and Avenue G in Washington Parish. Authorities say neither occupant was wearing a seatbelt.
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Baton Rouge-based Turner Industries announces it’s creating one-thousand jobs, as it’s building state-of-the-art nuclear fabrication facilities in New Iberia and Port Allen. Louisiana Economic Development Secretary Susan Bourgeois says the facilities will be dedicated to the production of high-precision modules and nuclear-grade piping for the next generation of nuclear power.
More on the agreement reached between Louisiana Tech and Conference USA which will allow Tech to leave Conference USA and join the Sun Belt this summer. Terms of the out-of-court settlement have not been released, but Matt Bellinson of the Ruston Leader says Louisiana Tech most likely had to pay a hefty exit-fee.
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Bellison says Tech will recoup the money though with big savings on travel in the long run.