The Louisiana Workforce Commission says the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for July is down almost a full percentage point from this time last year. L-W-C Secretary Ava Dejoie says the number of people looking for work has declined by 14-thousand over the last year…
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The Republican Governor’s Association says based on the nonfarm seasonally adjusted numbers, Louisiana lost 1,000 jobs over the last year, the only state to lose jobs during this period.

Ruston High School plans to unveil a new logo this week after Rutgers University asked the school to change its current logo. Both use an identical block R, but Rutgers holds the trademark. Principal Dan Gressett…
Cut 3 (09) “…ready to roll.”

Today is the 50th anniversary of Hurricane Camille’s devastating landfall along the Mississippi coast in 1969. Before Hurricane Katrina, Camille was the Gulf Coast’s defining storm. State Climatologist Barry Keim says the impact was so devastating that it led to the creation of the Saffir-Simpson Scale, which categorized hurricanes in a way the public could understand.
Cut 10 (09) “…told”
The system is one of only four Cat 5s to make landfall.

“Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” is underway and numerous police agencies have ramped up patrols looking for drivers under the influence. Louisiana Highway Safety Commission Executive Director Lisa Freeman says efforts to curtail drunk or drugged driving in the bayou state are making an impact.
Cut 13 (07) “…numbers at bay
Recent stats indicate 376 people died in traffic crashes around the country during the Labor Day holiday.