16:30 Newscast April 17,2017

In the second week of the legislative session, lawmakers are still a long way from putting together a funding plan for next fiscal year. Halen Doughty has more…
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Authorities in St. Landry Parish are searching for a missing priest. Father Juilus Ohiaege of Nigeria, was last seen yesterday dropping a fellow priest off at the Lafayette Airport driving a white 2010 Toyota Camry. Father Ohiaege hasn’t been seen or heard from since. His cell phone last pinged in Baton Rouge and Opelousas but is now off.

 
Nascent (Nay-Cent) Technologies Corporation, on the LSU campus, received two cyber security contracts totalling nearly five-million dollars from the U.S. Department of Defense. N-T-C president Jeff Moulton says they will solve real worldwide problems..:
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He says they’ve been contracted to identify and assess the risk and exposure in the energy industry supply chain.

UnitedHealthcare Children’s Foundation is looking for applications for financial assistance from families with kids whose medical needs are not covered or fully covered by health insurance. Joe Ochipinti (ahki’pinti), CEO of UnitedHealthcare-Gulf States Region says in Louisiana they have awarded over 30 grants since 2013. He says the grants can pay for treatments associated with conditions such as cancer, spina bifida, among others…:
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