630AM LRN News

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…

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Alexandria-based RoyOMartin announces plans to invest 25-million dollars into its oriented strand board site in Oakdale and 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.

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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…

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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

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Ensminger believes leading rusher Clyde Edwards-Helaire will play, despite a hamstring injury that had him on crutches last week.