Chevron North America has informed the Louisiana Workforce Commission about possible layoffs at five office locations in Covington and Lafayette. Eric Gill reports…:
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State Police arrest a man on vehicular homicide charges after a passenger in his minivan died in an overnight crash in East Baton Rouge Parish. Investigators said they determined 33-year-old Sean Hopkins was speeding when the minivan veered off the road and struck a guardrail and tree line. Hopkins suffered serious injuries. His passenger, 32-year-old Christopher Holeman of Baton Rouge, died. Impairment is a suspected factor.

Discussions have started about forming another high school athletic association. One possible hurdle is that the National Federation of State High School Associations recognizes just one high school association in each state and that’s currently the LHSAA. Former commissioner of administration, Paul Rainwater, says that’s a challenge they can overcome…:
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This is in response to a vote by member principals of the LHSAA who decided to expand the championship split to basketball, baseball and softball.

A judge in New Orleans refused to stop the removal of Confederate monuments in the city. In December the New Orleans City Council declared the Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, P.G.T. Beauregard and Liberty monuments as city nuisances. The judge said there wasn’t evidence that a constitutional right that had been violated as the plaintiffs were arguing. They say they plan to appeal.