The state is offering to send some public school teachers back to school, tuition-free. Matt Doyle has the story.
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Details are beginning to emerge about a SWEPCO employee who passed away while on the job. A spokesperson for the energy company, Carey Sullivan, says the longtime employee has been identified as 42-year-old William Tommy Lawrence.
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A Tulane geologist has been selected to join scientists from around the world who are traveling to Antarctica to research the history of glaciers at the bottom of the globe. Tulane Assistant professor Dr. Brent Goehring says this could give us a peek into potential sea rise levels in the future…
The 25 million dollar research collaboration will send 101 experts to complete eight large-scale projects.
Goehring says the prep for the trip is rigorous, including wilderness and survival training but the process will be rewarding as all kinds of scientists come to complete the project…
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LSU’S Devin White along with Senior Tight End Foster Moreau and junior defensive end Rashad Lawrence will be headed over to Atlanta to represent the Tigers in the southeastern conference media days. They start on Monday and run until Thursday.