Louisiana’s unemployment rate is down to 4.4 percent, a level economists consider a tipping point where employers have to compete to hire new workers. Matt Doyle has more.
The Avoyelles Parish Sheriff’s Office is on the lookout for a Bunkie man accused of stabbing a wedding guest at a reception on Saturday night. According to the Avoyelles Parish Sheriff’s Office, a fight broke out around 11:40 p.m. at the Haas Auditorium in Bunkie. Witnesses said Dontavian Antonious Williams, 19, of Bunkie was an uninvited guest who caused a disturbance at the reception.
Louisiana Department of Health officials want you to enjoy the summer but also remember to take precautions and not succumb to the dangers of heat exhaustion or worse. Assistant State Health Officer Dr. Joseph Kanter wants to encourage those transporting children to never leave them in a car unattended, even for a short amount of time.
Governor John Bel Edwards spoke at the Louisiana Farm Bureau Convention in New Orleans. During the address, Edwards stated that more money will be spent or rural infrastructure as part of the new $700 million injection of new transportation infrastructure funding that passed in the recent legislative session.
Cut 14 (10) “…to market bridges.”