The transfer of violent juvenile offenders from a Jefferson Parish facility to Angola state prison has begun. More from Kevin Gallagher…:
Cut 2 (30) “…I’m Kevin Gallagher.”

The National Transportation Safety Board puts much of the blame on a faulty weather system for what happened in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2021 when the Seacor Power boat capsized killing 13 people eight miles south of Port Fourchon. The NTSB says a 10 to 15 minute warning about the approaching bad weather could have possibly prevented the tragedy.

Kroger supermarkets has announced plans to buy Albertsons. In Louisiana, Kroger has eight stores mostly in the Shreveport-Bossier area while Albertsons has most of its stores in Lafayette and Baton Rouge. When combined the merger could possibly create one of the largest supermarket chains in the country. Retail Analyst Wade Ragas says this could be a good thing for consumers
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The deal is expected to close in 2024.

Louisiana Central is forecasting that manufacturing jobs are expected to increase 14-percent in a ten-parish area that covers central Louisiana, while the number of manufacturing jobs is expected to grow only four-percent nationally. CEO of Louisiana Central Jim Clinton…
cut 14 (09) “….going forward”