Louisiana finished the fiscal year that ended on June 30th with a 565-million-dollar budget surplus. Jeff Palermo has the story.
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A wildland firefighter with the U.S. Forest Service was killed in the line of duty in Rapides Parish. Kaitlyn Gallagher of Alexandria was struck by a tree while responding to the Broken Creek Fire on the Kisatchie National Forest in Rapides Parish. The fire had grown to ten acres; it has since been contained.
A Jonesboro theater which was one at the center of the civil rights movement is awarded a 750-thousand-dollar grant for the first phase of a major restoration project. In all, the renovation of the Palace Theater will cost up to four-million dollars. Dr. Herbert Simmons Jr., the co-founder of the Greater North Louisiana Community Development Commission, says they have big plans for when the renovations are complete.
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After Owner Gayle Benson ripped her team’s poor start to the season, the Saints will have their chance to answer her call to action on Sunday against the Giants. Nola.com’s Jeff Duncan says Benson’s speech comes before a big road trip to New York, then to Paris for the first-ever NFL game in France.