The CEO of Entergy addressed his company’s power restoration efforts from this week’s massive ice storm. Phillip May Jr. says crews have been working non-stop for 16 hours a day and have made tremendous progress.
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The state has set new records for both total nonfarm employment and total private employment. Seasonally-adjusted nonfarm employment is a little more two-million jobs and private sector employment is nearly 1.7-million jobs. Osmar Padilla with Louisiana Works says over the last year, private education and health services added 15-thousand jobs.
Over the last month, trade, transportation and utilities, along with construction saw the largest job gains.
A two-vehicle crash in Thibodaux Thursday afternoon sends eight people to the hospital, including two children who just got off a school bus. Andre Champagne has the story.
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The East Carroll Parish Sheriff’s Office is now saying that eight inmates escaped from the River Bend Detention Center in Lake Providence Thursday night. That’s up from its original advisory of six. At last report, three of those eight have been recaptured. Several neighboring departments are assisting in the search.