The Louisiana Workforce Commission reports the state added nearly 13-thousand jobs from June to July and 58-thousand jobs from July 2020 to July 2021. L-W-C spokesperson Chris Fiore says leisure and hospitality and education and health services saw the largest gains. But there are still a lot of vacant jobs in the health care industry…
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Research out of LSU finds that recreational fishing has flourished during the pandemic. Oceanography and Coastal Sciences Assistant Professor Stephen Midway says last summer they polled nearly 18-thousand anglers in ten states and four out of five took as many trips as they had the year before, and one out of five took at least one extra trip…
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The Taliban’s take over of Afghanistan has many veterans who served in Operation Enduring Freedom feeling the withdrawal of U-S troops had discounted their services. Louisiana Veterans Affairs Secretary Colonel Joey Strickland says they’ve been meeting with veterans at vet centers..
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There is a 24-7 veterans crisis line at 1-800-273-8255

The city of New Orleans is mourning the death of one of its police officers. Everett Briscoe was off duty when he was fatally shot during an armed robbery in Houston. He was a 13-year veteran of the NOPD and a member of the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club for seven years. The search for Briscoe’s killer is ongoing.