This just in to the Louisiana Radio Network newsroom – the Orleans Parish Coroner has ruled that the 12-year-old boy found dead yesterday morning died of blunt force caused by an alligator and a subsequent drowning. Bryan Vasquez disappeared from his home on August 14th, and his body was found by the United Cajun Navy yesterday. New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick says the investigation is still ongoing.
A nonprofit organization says a recent study found that only six out of 39 hospitals in Louisiana comply with a 2019 Executive Order calling for greater transparency in pricing and quality of services. Beth Branley is a supporter of Patient-Rights Advocate-dot-org…
The American Hospital Association says hospitals and health systems have invested significant time and resources to comply with the Hospital Price Transparency Rule.
New Orleans will be hosting a LIV Golf tournament in late June of next year. The event announcing the tournament had an atmosphere more akin to WWE wrestling than professional golf, and LIV Golf CEO Scott O’Neil said fans attending the tournament can expect much of the same.
The event is expected to support 11-hundred jobs and deliver an estimated 40-million dollars to the local economy.
In Ruston, the 2027 opening of the Radiance Technology microchip packaging plant will mean 150 jobs with an average salary of 85-thousand dollars a year. Mayor Ronny Walker says that’s also expected to spur additional businesses coming to the city, and one big challenge with all that is figuring out where all those new employees are going to live.