The Louisiana Workforce Commission reports the state’s unemployment rate for July was 6.6 percent, a 2.5 percent decrease over a 12-month period.
CUT 1 (29) “…I’m Matt Doyle”

The search continues in Houston for the gunmen who fatally shot an off-duty New Orleans Police officer. Authorities say 13-year veteran Everett Briscoe was dining at a Houston restaurant with friends when two hooded gunmen approached the group on an outdoor patio and demanded their belongings. Witnesses say one of the gunmen shot Briscoe and another man who is hospitalized in critical condition.

According to Triple-A, the average annual cost of new vehicle ownership is 96-hundred dollars and the average price for a new vehicle is just shy of 33-thousand dollars. Spokesperson Don Redman says new car owners are seeing higher gas prices, a shortage in vehicles because of a chip shortage and added technology to newer vehicles…
cut 9 (10) “….much technology”

A survey conducted by LSU finds that fishing was a popular activity during the first few months of the pandemic and it resulted in some anglers doing extra trips. LSU Oceanography and Coastal Sciences Professor Stephen Midway says that’s good news for wildlife management…
cut 15 (12) “…management”