Four people, including three kids, are killed in a house fire in Lafourche Parish early yesterday morning. Ken Pastorick with the Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal says firefighters were called to the home in Raceland at around one yesterday morning.
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A 46-year-old woman escaped and is hospitalized. Pastorick says the home had three smoke detectors, but firefighters believe none of them were working.
For only the second time ever, Louisiana can boast more than two-million non-farm jobs. The only other time that happened was 2014 going into 2015. Leaders for a Better Louisiana CEO Adam Knapp says while the job growth can be attributed to efforts to grow diverse, resilient industries, two of them are leading the way.
More than one-thousand girls ages 5 to 19 will descend upon Ruston this weekend for the 50th Dixie Softball World Series. Kace Kieschnick reports.
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President Trump excludes 25 chemical manufacturers, including 12 in Louisiana, from new federal emissions rules. It’s a two-year exemption, intended to allow those companies that amount of time to meet EPA emissions standards. Environmental groups say the exemption is based on a false claim that there is already strict oversight of those facilities.