60-percent of employees have reported pressure in the workplace has increased over the past five years, according to an Accoutemps survey. Emelie Gunn has more…
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The state Fire Marshal’s Office says an unattended pot on a stove top led to the fire that took the life of a 5-year-old in Baton Rouge. Halen Doughty has more…
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A Bossier City couple is behind bars after police say their children tested positive for drugs. Mark Natale with Bossier Police says Child Protective Services launched an investigation into a child abuse complaint involving 35-year-old Shannon Blake and 30-year-old Victoria Blake. He says CPS tested all five of the couple’s children.
Natale says not all of the children had tested for both marijuana and cocaine, but all had at least one in their systems. He says the children’s ages range from 6 months to 10-years-old.
Natale says both of the parents have been charged with five counts of cruelty to a juvenile.
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A survey by Accountemps finds six in ten employees believe stress in the workplace has increased over the last five years. The study also found that 55-percent of those surveyed say worker anxiety is on the rise. Rebecca Green, with the employment agency Robert Half in New Orleans, says technology has put more of a burden on workers.
Green says the survey also finds 54-percent of CFO’s are aware that their employees are stressed. She says she wasn’t surprised to see stress levels this high with employees.
According to the survey, 64-percent of employees from 18 to 34 are more stressed about work compared to 59-percent of workers 35 to 54. Green attributes this to younger people’s desire to grow and move up in the company.
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The state Fire Marshal’s Office believes an unattended pot left on a stove top led to a fatal fire at a Baton Rouge apartment complex that killed a 5-year-old girl. Chief Deputy Brant Thompson says an 18-year-old was caring for her sister, Treasure Garner, when she tried to cook fried chicken and left the apartment with a pot of grease on the stove. He says she returned to find the apartment filled with smoke, and there was a frantic attempt to rescue the little girl from the burning home.
Thompson says they are still trying to determine how long the 18-year-old was out of the apartment. He says the girl was missing for some time, as first responders tried to determine if Treasure had escaped. He says fire fighters eventually quelled the flames enough to enter the residence and found Treasure dead in a bedroom.
At least 10 units were damaged in the fire, but Thompson says the investigation is still ongoing into the extent of the damage. He says several other people in the complex were transported to area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries.
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It’s been a great national signing day for LSU, and as expected it looks like they will have one of the best recruiting classes in the nation. Tiger Rag Editor Cody Worsham says one of the biggest gets of the day is Houston five-star pass rusher K’Lavon Chaisson…:
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Worsham says LSU’s 2017 recruiting class has a chance at easily finishing in the top 5…:
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Worsham says one of the big items of note about this class is that it’s really strong defensively….:
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