For the third straight month, Louisiana set a record for its seasonally adjusted unemployment rate. It was a record three-point-five percent in August. Louisiana Workforce Commission Secretary Ava Cates says the number of people employed dropped from July to August, but the decline was small…
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Professional and business services have added 17-thousand jobs since August 2021.

Queen Elizabeth the Second will be laid to rest today. She was loved by thousands and has the respect of Louisiana Attorney Warren Perrin. It was Perrin who convinced the Royal Family to issue an apology for the illegal deportation of thousands of French Acadians out of Nova Scotia in the 18th century. Perrin says that formal apology is still used in schools today…
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There is a signed copy of the apology at the Acadian Museum in Erath.

The hurricane season remains quiet for the continental United States. Brooke Thorington says AccuWeather has lowered its predicted storm total…
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The Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s office has charged two individuals with second-degree murder in the death of a one-year-old child. Over the weekend, deputies responded to a home and found the toddler unresponsive. The child died at a local hospital a short time later. 29-year-old Dillon Cormier and 23-year-old Deziree Sutton were booked into the parish jail.