A steel mill in LaPlace is closing its doors resulting in the layoffs of 375 employees. St. John Parish President Natalie Robottom says the mill has been in operation since 1979…
cut 6 (08) “…the work there”
No official word has been given on why Bayou Steel is shutting down, but Governor Edwards says a company like this is vulnerable to tariffs.

Louisiana Good Roads and Transportation Association says the state ranks as having the ninth worse overall transportation in the country. President Ken Perret says the state has a 14-billion dollar backlog in projects and it will take an outcry from Louisiana drivers to change that…
cut 12 (08) “… grassroots level”
Perret says the state’s 20-cent-per-gallon gasoline tax is the state’s primary means of funding, but the tax has not been adjusted in 30 years.

Ouachita Parish Deputies are searching for a missing 25,000 dollar duck hunting dog after authorities say the animal’s trainer faked its death. Matt Doyle has more.
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The Louisiana Attorney General’s office says its new prescription drug take-back box at the Broussard Police Department has been emptied after just a few months…
cut 8 (08) “…from the box”
That’s Monica Taylor with the A-G’s office. She says there are over 70 prescription drug take-back boxes in the state.