LSU says they are reviewing their response to a report of an armed intruder. LSU spokesperson Ernie Ballard says it is possible that a plain-clothes police officer in the area of Coates Hall was what sparked the commotion at the campus yesterday.
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Ballard says campus safety is a shared responsibility and if someone see’s something, they should say something.
A company that employs 750 people in Minden is threatening to relocate to east Texas if the state does not upgrade several bridges in the area that have structural problems. Fibrebond builds huge structures that can measure 16 by 75 feet and weigh 150,000 pounds, making them ineligible to cross de-rated bridges. Department of Transportation spokesperson Rodney Mallet…
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Fibrebond CEO Graham Walker says DOTD routes force his company to make an over 250 mile detour to ship items west.
The trade war with China drags on as Louisiana soybean farmers are preparing to enter the second season in a row under pressure from Chinese tariffs. Matt Doyle has more.
The state’s first human cases of West Nile Virus of the year have been reported in East Baton Rouge, Washington, Livingston, St. Tammany, and Caddo parishes, with a total of nine cases. The Department of Health says the West Nile season may be off to a later start than usual, as this time last year, there were 53 cases.