A one year old child is miraculously still alive after spending two days outside alone, along I-10 in Calcasieu Parish, apparently abandoned by his mother. Sheriff Stitch Guillory says a truck driver spotted the child in a ditch…
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But Guillory says the toddler’s four-year-old brother was found dead in a pond at the Vinton Welcome Center. An autopsy will determine if murder charges will come down on the children’s mother, who was arrested in Mississippi.

The Louisiana Department of Education says 56-percent of K-through-third graders were reading at grade level at the end of the school year, that’s up from 45-percent at the beginning of the year. Deputy Superintendent of Education Doctor Jenna Chaisson…
cut 6 (09) “….keep up that work”

The Colorado State Hurricane Forecast Team has increased their storm total for the 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season. They are now predicting 25 named storms, 12 hurricanes and six major hurricanes. A slight increase from their forecast predictions issued in April and June. Nick Mesa says the fact that Beryl became the earliest Category Five on record is a reason for the revised forecast…
cut 14 (09) “…hyperactive season”

Small businesses continue to have trouble finding workers. Todd Pack has some results from the latest NFIB survey….
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Pack says construction, transportation and retail businesses are having the most trouble