Ruston Mayor Ronny Walker says they are bouncing back after an EF-3 tornado ripped through their town Thursday morning. Walker says the volunteerism has been unbelievable, especially from Louisiana Tech students. He relayed this story from a woman who lost several trees on her property.
Cut 3 (12) “…started crying”
The National Weather Service has survey teams looking at the impacted areas from the Wednesday night into Thursday morning tornado outbreak. Ruston was the hardest hit area and NWS forecaster CS Ross says their experts say the damage falls in line with an EF-3 tornado.
Cut 9 (11) “…community as well“.
The storm started over Texas, moving northeast into Louisiana. Ross says this week’s severe weather could go down as a significant event in history for the National Weather Service’s Shreveport office coverage area.
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The House will consider whether or not delivery services should be allowed to bring low alcohol content booze with their food to your front door. Currently food delivery services do not require their workers to have all of the same certifications that a waiter has, but Shreveport Representative Thomas Carmody says under his proposal…
Cut 7 (10) “…for it.”
The bill is the result of recommendations of the E-Commerce Committee’s fall recommendation about how to allow alcohol delivery, and deal with the potential liability issues.
The LSU Board of Supervisors approves new Athletic Director Scott Woodward’s six year, eight million dollar contract.LSU Vice President for Legal Affairs Thomas Skinner says the contract includes hundreds of thousands of dollars in bonuses, and includes a base pay that increases every year.
Cut 12 (12) “…five.”