The Houma Police Department says a 71-year-old woman is in the hospital after being brutally attacked by her son’s pit-bull mix last night. Chief Todd Duplantis says cops responded to the woman’s residence around 8:30pm…

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Duplantis says animal control took the attack male dog into custody and another female dog that was also inside the residence at the time. He says, as of right now, the motive of the attack remains under investigation.

According to data published by “The New York Times”, Louisiana leads the nation in the percentage of residents born in-state. Numbers show that in 2012, 79 percent of Bayou State residents were born in Louisiana. Michigan came in at number two with 77 percent of residents born in state.

The new Nike “Crawfish Shoe” is generating some major buzz. 19-year-old Hunter Hulin, who works at Rukus Board Shop in Baton Rouge, worked with Nike to design the shoe. He says they started about a year ago…

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The $105 Crawfish Shoe will be available to the world Saturday

Louisiana’s private sector labor force grew to an all-time high in July. But, at the same time, the state’s unemployment rate rose to 5.4 percent. Louisiana Workforce Commission Executive Director Curt Eysink says that may be due word getting out that there are jobs in Louisiana…

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Statistics show just over 2.1 million people employed across the state.