Saronic Technologies has announced it’s investing 300-million dollars to expand the Franklin Shipyard in St. Mary Parish. Louisiana Economic Development Secretary Susan Bourgeois says the company is expected to create 15-hundred direct new jobs and an additional 17-hundred indirect jobs. She says this is great news for the bayou region’s economic future.
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It may be most wonderful time of the year…but Louisiana also has the highest rate of flu and flu-like illnesses in the country, so be aware. Ochsner Health family medicine physician Dr. Madeleine Dehner (DAY-ner) if you notice you’re experiencing flu-like symptoms…
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In the non-select high school football playoffs, there are three double-digit seeds left in the semifinal rounds. Andre Champagne has more.
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Despite the coaching change, LSU could still have a top ten recruiting class. The Tigers 2026 class is currently ranked 10th by On3.com. Richard Anderson, the number one defensive tackle in the country out of Edna Karr, ended up signing yesterday as did Lafayette Christian’s Bryaden Anderson after he decommitted from Oklahoma.