Many analysts say layoffs are in the oil and gas industry’s near future as falling oil prices are having a negative impact. Louisiana Oil and Gas Association President Don Briggs says the reduction in oil prices not only affects oil and gas companies, but it affects the state as well…

cut 5 (12) “from the industry”

Briggs says oil prices in the $70 to $80 dollar a barrel range can be problematic.

LSU has broken ground on a 110-million dollar renovation and expansion of the engineering school. State funds and private donations are paying for this new engineering complex. LSU College of Engineering Dean Rick Koubek (Ko-Bek) says the facility will give faculty the opportunity to implement new teaching methods…

cut 11 (10) “lecture to you”

He says construction is expected to be complete in 2017.

Retired US Army General Wesley Clark is in Louisiana gathering support for the federal free cell phone program. He says this program helps a lot of people get connected who otherwise would be unable to do so…

cut 14 (12) “job offers”

Clark says more than 300,000 Louisianians have the phone including 36,000 veterans.

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is trying to find out who owned a tame cougar that was found dead in Calcasieu Parish just west of Dequincy. LDWF Wildlife Division Director Rob Gosnell says they could tell immediately that the animal belonged to someone who was keeping it as a pet…

cut 7 (12) “was bad“

He says they suspect the animal was hit by a car.