830AM LRN News

A Christmas wish for the state every year is more jobs and it looks Santa is delivering…

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Thousands of Louisianans work serving our country has them away from home today, so take a bit of time today to think about those in uniform who are away from their families for the holidays, folks like Haynesville native, Lt. Col. Joseph Evans who’s at Fort Hood at the moment…

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St. Tammany Parish Sheriffs are reporting a disturbing incident in Slidell yesterday in which a 53-year-old man engaged in a domestic dispute that ended in his suicide. Authorities say the man punched his wife in the face, then turned around and shot his 15-year-old son in the arm before retreating to the garage and shooting himself. 1st responders brought the man to a nearby hospital where he died, and his son is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

A TopCashback.com survey shows only 17 percent of Americans usually get a holiday bonus, and just over half never receive holiday bonuses. For those that do expect to receive a holiday bonus, Rebecca Gramuglia with TopCashback says about half of respondents plan on using it to help with Christmas shopping.

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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.