There are reports that say an unusually high number of older Americans have retired as a result of the Pandemic. LSU Economist Doctor Loren Scott says this just adds to a labor crunch on an already stretched thin workforce. He says businesses will adjust by doing one of two things…
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Continental Structural Plastics announces a 13-million dollar expansion to its Webster Parish-based manufacturing facility, adding 22,000 square feet to their already three-building complex. Louisiana Economic Development Secretary Don Pierson says CSP has been around for 50-years as a major player in the automotive market.
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Pierson says the expansion will help maintain 170 jobs in rural northern Webster Parish and result in 33 new jobs.

Authorities are willing to grant immunity for anyone that comes forward with information about a man wanted for more than a decade on first-degree murder charges. Brooke Thorington has more.
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The search for Cara, the 12-foot python, that went missing from her aquarium in the Mall of Louisiana in Baton Rouge has been found alive and well. The snake went missing early Monday morning and was found early this morning in a crawl space after an exhaustive search.