Hundreds of workers have learned they will soon be without a job. Bayou Steel in LaPlace has announced its closing, resulting in layoff notices for 376 employees. St John Parish President Natalie Robottom says the closure comes as a shock…
Cut 4 (12) “…this was coming.”
The Louisiana Workforce Commission says they’ve deployed a mobile unit at the local American Job Center Office in LaPlace to provide re-employment assistance.
The Attorney General’s office announces the Broussard Police Department is the home to the newest prescription drug dropbox. Special projects coordinator at the AG’s office, Monica Taylor describes the boxes similar to a mailbox where items drop in, but they don’t come out.
A Blue Cross Blue Shield grant has paid for the boxes.
A new study ranks Louisiana as having the ninth-worst overall transportation infrastructure in the United States. Louisiana Good Roads and Transportation Association President Ken Perret says the study shows poor roads cost the average Louisiana driver 624-dollars a year in vehicle and operating costs and only six states have a higher percentage of structurally deficient bridges than Louisiana…
Cut 10 (10) “…timber pilings.”
Perret calls on all gubernatorial and legislative candidates to be open and honest with voters on how they will address transportation issues.
A dog trainer is under arrest after allegedly faking the death of his client’s 25,000-dollar duck hunting Labrador. Ouachita Parish Chief Deputy Marc Mashaw says 44-year-old Lester Langley of Monroe had been tasked with training a local family’s pet during the hunting offseason when, out of the blue, he called the family with some bad news…