The US Department of Energy has given final approval for Sempra Energy to export liquefied natural gas from its plant in Cameron Parish. With this, Sempra can begin construction to expand their facility near Hackberry. Senator Mary Landrieu says this will have a big economic impact for southwest Louisiana…

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Construction is expected to begin this fall and they should be fully operational by 2019.

St. Francis Medical Center in Monroe announces they plan to cut about 300 jobs. The hospital employs about 2,000 workers and West Monroe Representative Frank Hoffman says they’ve always provided excellent service…

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The hospital is one of the largest private employers in Ouachita Parish.

Police in Alexandria say a teenager from Texas is charged in the bomb threats that were called in to Rapides Parish Schools yesterday. Lt. Bruce Fairbanks says the schools were cleared and they were able to develop 17-year-old Reuben David Byon of Fredricksburg, Texas as a suspect. He says they have no clue what the motive is at this time…

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Right now Byon faces three counts of communicating false information of planned bombing on school property.

A 12-year-old boy from Pearl River is recovering from a rare alligator attack which took place in Lake Ponchartrain over the weekend. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries spokesman Bo Boehringer says you should be extra careful swimming in natural water around a camp or residential development where people may clean or dump fish…:

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According to the LDWF Alligator Management Program, this is only the 14th alligator attack since 1966.