A new Jimmie Davis Bridge over the Red River is coming to Bossier and Caddo Parishes. The project is slated to start this month and take about two and a half years. DOTD Spokesperson Erin Buchanan says they handed out detour maps and construction phasing information, so there are no surprises.
In case you missed it, the Saints used their first-round draft pick on an offensive tackle, six-foot-six Taliese Fuaga (Tall-ee-s-a Foo-ah-gah) from Oregon State. The first-team All-American did not give up a sack with the Beavers and played right tackle. Fuaga says he’s played football nearly his entire life…
Cut 15 (09) “… grit.”
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The Louisiana House approved a budget for the next fiscal year that contains 166 million dollars in bonus pay for teachers. According to House leaders that equals a stipend of about 17-hundred dollars, but that will be up to the local districts. The Louisiana Illuminator reports there are about 40-million dollars worth of pet projects in the budget proposal. approved by the House. But Appropriations Chairman Jack McFarland says these dollars are going to worthy initiatives…
A New Orleans based company has been awarded 11 million dollars in U-S military contracts, According the a release, Haptech Inc, which makes electromagnetic recoil systems for training in downtown New Orleans, will supply weapons training capabilities that feature Haptech’s ERS and data tracking technology to the U.S Army and the Marines.