Search and rescue teams will continue to go through the wreckage looking for a missing worker at the collapsed Hard Rock Hotel construction site. New Orleans Fire Chief Tim McConnell says they are not giving up hope…
cut 11 (11) “…prayers”
The evacuation zone around the collapsed site has expanded over concerns that the cranes attached to the building could fall.

Political analysts are crediting rural white voters for forcing a run-off in the governor’s race. UL-Lafayette Political Science Professor Pearson Cross says Eddie Rispone’s political ads hit their target…
cut 8 (11) “…values”
Cross says about 200,000 more rural, mostly white voters showed up to vote in this primary than in the 2015 governor’s race.

The state department of education has been awarded 115-million dollars in federal grant money or literacy instruction, expanding mental health services, help teachers earn credentials in STEM fields and establish a leadership program for special ed administrators. State Superintendent of Education John White says the information will be provided to school systems on how they can access the grant dollars…
cut 13 (12) “….these issues”

A new city in Louisiana is expected to be established by January first. It’s called St. George and a public vote on Saturday called for the incorporation of the southeast corner of East Baton Rouge Parish. St. George spokesperson Drew Murrell on why the city was created…
cut 5 (11) “…more efficient government”
Murrell says St. George will be the fifth largest city in Louisiana, surpassing Lake Charles.