A Christmas wish for the state every year is more jobs and it looks Santa is delivering. Don Molino has the story…
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The unbeaten Tigers are spending Christmas in Atlanta getting ready to play Oklahoma in the program’s first semifinal playoff game. Jeff Palermo the story…
Cut 2 (30) “…I’m Jeff Palermo”
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A TopCashback.com survey shows only 17 percent of Americans usually get a holiday bonus, and just over half never receive holiday bonuses.
What used to be a common corporate tradition and sign of thanks to a workforce has clearly gone to the wayside. Rebecca Gramuglia with TopCashback says it’s a shocking trend…
For those lucky few who expect to receive a bonus, just over half say it will be under 500 dollars, about a quarter say it’ll be 500 to 1,000 dollars, and ten percent say it’ll be 1,000 to 1,500 dollars.
When asked if they were more likely to receive a pay raise or a bonus, Gramuglia says it’s far more common to see the bonus, if you see anything at all.
For those that do expect to receive a holiday bonus, Gramuglia says about half of respondents plan on using it to help with Christmas shopping.
1,953 adults were surveyed.
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Alexandria-based RoyOMartin announces plans to invest 25-million dollars into its oriented strand board site in Oakdale ande its plywood manufacturing site in Chopin (Sho-pan). Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain says this is great news coming from one of Louisiana’s biggest employers
RoyOMartin employes over one-thousand workers in Louisiana. Officials say this investment will lead to an additional 10 permanent jobs and 28 new indirect jobs. Strain says one reason RoyOMartin is investing in these two facilities is that new home construction is at a 12-year high…
The RoyOMartin plant in Oakdale is the leading employer in Allen Parish and the company’s modernization of the Chopin facility will feature plantwide upgrades. Strain says it’s exciting news for the state’s natural resource-based economy
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LSU offensive coordinator Steve Ensminger says Oklahoma’s defense might be the fastest they’ve faced this season. Ensminger says the Sooners speed presents problems for opposing offenses, especially those that try to run the football
Ensminger believes leading rusher Clyde Edwards-Helaire will play, despite a hamstring injury that had him on crutches last week. He says if Edwards-Helaire can’t play, other guys are ready to step up
Because of LSU’s Joe Burrow, many are enjoying a nice meal this Christmas. Burrow spoke about the poverty in his hometown during his Heisman acceptance speech. It led to almost 500-thousand dollars in donations to the Athens County Food Bank in Ohio. Burrow says he never expected that kind of support
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While many of us will get to be home today at some point with our family to celebrate Christmas, not all Louisianans are so lucky. Thousands of Bayou State natives are deployed around the world serving our country today, and a few of them have sent well wishes back home.
One Shreveport native is spending the holidays in Kuwait as part of the 386 Expeditionary Communications Squadron…
Haynesville, Louisiana native, Lt. Col. Joseph Evans is at Fort Hood for the holidays…
And one Mandeville native hopes her family and friends aren’t the only ones who have a great holiday season…