According to the the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics, Louisiana added jobs in June and the that is translating to the addition of 13,400 jobs over the year. Louisiana Workforce Commission Executive director Curt Eysink says he sees growth to continue, and points out a couple of hot categories…
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State Police say a woman is dead and a man seriously injured after being struck by a vehicle on I-12 in Livingston Parish. Trooper Bryan Lee says 57-year-old Maggie Lynn of Independence and 56-year-old James Kinchen of Tickfaw were attempting to load a car on the back of a trailer when 26-year-old Mekdad Zidan of Baton Rouge approached…
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Zidan was placed under arrest for reckless operation and negligent homicide.
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With the first day of school on August the 6th, a group of Tangipahoa Parish parents say it’s too hot for their kids to get on unair-conditioned school buses in the hottest part of the day, and they are presenting a petition to the school board to delay the first day of school until after Labor Day…
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That’s Tangipahoa Parish School Board Superintendent Mark Kolwe (Cole-lay).

Police in Thibodaux have made an arrest of a parolee, found in possession of crack cocaine, ecstacy and other illegal drugs during a traffic stop. Twenty-six year-old Alfonzo Johnson of Thibodaux tried to convince the officer the crack cocaine was actually deodorant. The K-9’s were called to dispel that, and Johnson was booked into the LaFourche Parish Detention Center, then released after posting a nine thousand dollar bond.