A major announcement by Hyundai – the first steel plant it’s building in North America will be going up in Ascension Parish. President Trump made the announcement at the White House yesterday.

Cut 4 (13) “…expansion after that.”

The 5.8-billion-dollar steel plant will be built in Donaldsonville, and construction is slated to begin in the third quarter next year. The steel production plant is expected to create more than 13-hundred direct jobs.

The Louisiana Department of Transportation has installed 28 new closed-circuit television cameras along I-10 from Lake Charles to Scott. John Guidroz with DOTD says these cameras will expand public access to live-stream traffic coverage of I-10 in southwest Louisiana….

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The public can view the cameras on 5-1-1-la-dot-org or through the 5-1-1 mobile app.

LSU Health Shreveport says 152 of its medical school graduates will stay in Louisiana. Spokesperson Lisa Babin says retaining students in Louisiana for a residency is critical for addressing the state’s projected physician shortfall…

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LSU Health New Orleans says 50-percent of its medical graduates will stay in Louisiana for residency training.

A Baton Rouge state judge has dismissed former LSU football coach Les Miles’ lawsuit against LSU, the NCAA and the National Football Foundation over a decision to vacate 37 wins from his tenure. The wins were taken away because the father of former LSU offensive lineman Vadal Alexander received 180-thousand dollars from a booster. Because the wins were vacated, Miles’ winning percentage is .597, just below the 600 mark needed to be considered for the College Football Hall of Fame.

A five-point-eight billion dollar steel plant is coming to Louisiana.  Hyundai Motor Group, which also owns Kia Corporation plans to build the new manufacturing facility on a 17-hundred acre site in Donaldsonville. Just a few months ago, Landry announced that Meta is building an artificial intelligence data center in Richland Parish and an LNG facility in Plaquemines Parish is receiving an 18-billion dollar expansion. Governor Jeff Landry says this is just the start…

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The ultra-low carbon steel production plant is expected to create more than 13-hundred direct new jobs.

Two more 17-year-olds are facing first-degree murder charges in the Sunday’s death of St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Sergeant Grant Candies. Candies was killed when the 17-year-old driver, Adrian Waughtal, struck and killed Candies as he was deploying a spike strip in an effort to stop Waughtal’s vehicle who was fleeing from a deputy attempting to initiate a traffic stop. Waughtal was the driver and the two other 17-year-olds were passengers in the vehicle.

650 fourth-year medical students in Louisiana found out on Friday where they’ll perform their residency and 34-percent were matched with programs in Louisiana. LSU Health Shreveport spokesperson Lisa Babin says 96-percent of their med students got matched in the program…

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The LSU women’s basketball team looked like one of the best teams in the nation last night as they outscored Florida State 31-6 in the third quarter as they blew out the Seminoles 101-71. LSU advances to play North Carolina State on Friday night in Spokane, Washington in the Sweet 16. Coach Kim Mulkey is eager to see if her team can get back to the Final Four…

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I’m Jeanne Burns and this sportscast is brought to you by the Louisiana Department of Health, when gambling is more than a game, no one wins.

The LSU women’s basketball team outscored Florida State 31-6 in the third quarter and went on to beat the Seminoles 101 to 71. It was a team effort as Mikalyah Williams had 28 points, Aneesah Morrow had 26 points, Sa,Myah Smith had 20 points, Flau’jae Johnson had 13 points and Lafayette’s Jada Richard had six points.

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LSU will play second-seeded North Carolina State on Friday in the Sweet 16 in Spokane. Washington.

Three players from the LSU men’s basketball team—Tyrell Ward, Corey Chest, and Mike Williams — have entered the transfer portal.

LSU Gymnastics earned its first-ever number one seed in the NCAA Championships. The Tigers will compete in the Penn State Regional on April 3^rd.

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LSU baseball stumbled six spots in the D-1 baseball poll to number eight after losing its first series of the season to Texas.

LSU hosts the Ragin Cajuns tonight. Last weekend U-L Lafayette took two of three from South Alabama to improve to 3-and-3 in Sun Belt play. Louisiana Tech fresh off a series win against Sam Houston hosts Grambling tonight. The Tigers won two of three from Texas Southern last weekend and scored 46 runs.

A player that is making an impact on LSU’s offense during spring practice is. tight end Bauer Sharp who was Oklahoma’s leading receiver last season.  Coach Brian Kelly says Sharp is a good fit in the locker room and on the field…

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The U-S Supreme Court heard arguments today over whether Louisiana’s Congressional map with two majority Black districts is unconstitutional because race was allegedly the primary factor in drawing up the second Black majority district. Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill (Merle) hopes the ruling will help states comply with the Voting Rights Act, while also not violating the 14th Amendment’s ban on drawing districts based on race…

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The Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating the person or persons responsible for a mass shooting at trail ride event in Clarence on Saturday night that wounded four people, including two teenagers. Captain Tony Moran…

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Hearts are heavy in St. Tammany Parish after a deputy sheriff is killed in the line of duty. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office says one of its deputies shot a man who had a put a gun to a woman’s head. That woman and her two children escaped the residence unharmed and when authorities arrived at the home, they found 40-year-old Matthew Calloway pacing inside. Authorities say Calloway came out of the house, walking backwards and then suddenly turned toward deputies and pulled out a firearm. He was shot and transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office is mourning the death of Sergeant Grant Candies who died while trying to end a police chase involving a 17-year-old driver. Candies was killed when the juvenile driver hit him as he was deploying a spike strip on Interstate 10 early Sunday morning. The pursuit ended in Orleans Parish when the 17-year-old crashed into a New Orleans police vehicle.

If your driver’s license is set to expire, go ahead and wait a few days before renewing it. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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The U-S Supreme Court will listen to arguments today on a lawsuit that claims Louisiana’s Congressional map is not constitutional because the district currently occupied by Democrat Cleo Fields was drawn strictly based on race, which is an alleged violation of the Equal Protection Clause. But Louisiana ACLU executive director Alanah Odoms says a second Black majority district is needed to give Black voters fair and equal representation…

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Alexandria Senator Jay Luneau has filed legislation to do something about drivers on a four-lane highway driving slow in the left-lane and causing a rolling roadblock. Current law allows law enforcement to ticket a motorist driving ten miles or more slower than the posted speed limit, but Luneau says that’s hard to enforce…

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Luneau’s legislation, which will be heard in the upcoming regular session, would make it a 150-dollar fine for motorists driving in the left lane and slow speed and not looking to pass other vehicles.

The U-S Supreme Court hears arguments today on whether Louisiana’s current Congressional map is constitutional. Plaintiffs in the case argue it’s not because the creation of a second majority minority district was drawn based on race and it’s illegal gerrymandering under the Equal Protection Clause.

Civil rights groups believe Louisiana’s current Congressional map is legal, because a third of the state’s black voting population is black, so two of the state’s six Congressional districts should be represented by minorities. Louisiana ACLU executive director Alanah Odoms…

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The first map the Legislature approved following the 2020 census was ruled unconstitutional because it did not contain two black majority districts.

A bill filed for the upcoming regular session aims to impose stricter penalties on drivers who block the left lane by driving under the speed limit and are not looking to pass. Alexandria Senator Jay Luneau says his proposal promotes highway safety and reduces driver frustration.

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Luneau’s legislation calls for a 150-dollar fine for first-time offenders.

The LSU women’s basketball team is looking to reach the Sweet 16 for the third consecutive year. The Lady Tigers will play Florida State at 5 PM today in the second round of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament. LSU guard Flau’Jae Johnson on what they are expecting from the Seminoles…

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The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s office is mourning the death of Sergeant Grant Candies. The 37-year-old Candies was killed early Sunday morning while deploying a spike strip on Interstate 10 as authorities were trying to stop a 17-year-old driver who refused to stop after another deputy tried to initiate a traffic stop. The pursuit eventually ended when the vehicle crashed into a New Orleans Police Department’s vehicle on the Southshore. The 17-year-old faces numerous charges including attempted first-degree murder. Sergeant Candies leaves behind a wife and two children. He was the 2023 St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s deputy of the year.

A bill has been filed for the upcoming legislative session that would impose stricter penalties on drivers who block the left lane by driving under the speed limit.

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The U-S Supreme Court hears arguments today over whether Louisiana’s Congressional map with two majority-minority districts violates the Constitution. The plaintiffs say the map violates the Equal Protection Clause, which says you cannot use race as the primary factor on how the boundaries are drawn. Shreveport Senator Alan Seabaugh agrees with the plaintiffs…

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But civil rights groups say the Voting Rights Act requires two majority Black districts in Louisiana, because roughly a third of the state’s voting population is Black.

If you need to renew your driver’s license, wait a little bit before doing so, even if it’s about to expire. Due to computer outage issues at the Office of Motor Vehicles, Governor Landry has declared a state of emergency. OMV Commissioner Dan Casey says late fees for renewals are currently put on hold.

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In Louisiana, a Class C driver’s license is your typical non-commercial driver’s license. Casey says the goal is not to overload the computer system so that other people who need timely OMV services can get them with no trouble.