7:30 LRN Newscast

The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics says Louisiana’s unemployment rate for December was 3-point-7 percent, which matches the national unemployment rate. Louisiana Workforce Commission Chief Economist Emily DiPalma says the three-point-seven percent unemployment rate is very low for December…
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Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center announces its expanding into central and north Louisiana. Starting in April, Mary Bird Perkins will intergrate with M-D Clinics. Mary Bird Perkins Chief Operating Officer Jodi Conachen says the partnership represents a unified effort to bring more robust cancer care to these regions…
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Conachen says over the last few years the Cancer Center has unveiled state of the art technology and recruited additional oncology experts.

A judge has ruled the suspect in the November stabbing attack on the Louisiana Tech campus is mentally fit to stand trial despite claims by 23-year-old Jacoby Johnson that he hears voices. Police say Johnson killed one person and injured three others. Johnson’s attorney plans to appeal the ruling.

Daybreak Health, the leading provider of school based mental health services, has partnered with Livingston Parish Schools to give students free mental health support.
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