It’s National Truck Driver Appreciation Week and the Louisiana Motor Transport Association is celebrating drivers who deliver America’s freight every day. Jeff Palermo has more…
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Unconventional U.S. Senate candidate Gary Chambers appeared on “Talk Louisiana” with Jim Engster this morning, and faced more questions about his electability Marsanne Golsby has more.
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This week, representatives of the trucking industry are here to remind you how important truck drivers are. It’s National Truck Driver Appreciation Week. Renee Amar is executive director of the Louisiana Motor Transport Association.
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More than fourteen hundred appreciation kits were sent to truck drivers across Louisiana. Wallace Simien the third, of Jennings, is the Louisiana Motor Transport Association’s truck driver of the year.
Amar says truckers nationwide have shown their commitment to delivering the goods people need during challenging times. One big concern is the nationwide shortage of truck drivers. Amar says they are aggressively trying to recruit new drivers, especially women.
There are more than 3.6 million professional truck drivers nationwide, including 10-thousand trucking companies in Louisiana. LMTA says these businesses provide 88-thousand jobs across the state.
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US Senate candidate Gary Chambers says that contrary to the opinion of many political experts, he has a real chance to beat Senator John Kennedy. Kennedy last ran in 2016. Chambers says in that election 585 thousand black voters turned out to vote for Hillary Clinton.
Chambers was a guest on “Talk Louisiana” with Jim Engster this morning. He faced questions about his electability in a low turnout election year. He says of the three Democratic candidates he is the clear leader
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Kennedy has a massive war chest and has already begun advertising. Chambers says if he can get into the runoff he can beat Kennedy.
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Chambers accused Kennedy of being a coward for refusing to debate him.
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Louisiana woke up to somewhat cooler, and more “Autumn-like” weather today. State Climatologist Barry Keim says a pocket of dry and cool air is parked over Louisiana…:
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Keim says many parts of Louisiana woke up temperatures in the 60’s today; bringing in a first small “taste” of Fall…:
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Keim says it’s not necessarily time to break out the jackets and sweaters, but we can expect even cooler weather tomorrow morning…:
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He says morning low temperatures should only dip into the 70’s in coastal areas. He says the less humid weather should be with us at least through Thursday.
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A Chalmette grocery store is having fun with the Saints come from behind 27-26 win over the Falcons. The bakery at Breaux Mart was already preparing cakes with icing that read 28-3, a jab at the Falcons Super Bowl collapse, but assistant store manager Stephen Exnicios says the cake decorator changed the decorations so it reads 26-10 which was the score before Atlanta blew the lead yesterday…
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The Saints trailed 26-10 with just over eleven minutes left in the game, but New Orleans scored the final 17 points to win 27-26. Exnicios says they wanted to do something to celebrate the Black and Gold’s largest fourth quarter comeback in team history…
Exnicios says the cakes are the size of a traditional birthday cake and they are taking orders…