Quite a few stores in the Bayou State are closing their doors for good this year. Jeff Palermo has more…
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Rain is moving into the state bringing in the chance for light snow north of I-20. Emelie Gunn has more…
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Several stores are closing their doors for good in the coming months. Sears Holdings announces Kmart locations in Gonzales and Jefferson Parish, as well as Sears in Gretna and Cortana Mall in Baton Rouge will close by this April. LSU marketing professor Dan Rice says in Sears’ case, the company looked at places where there’s overlap.
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The Limited is shutting down nationwide, meaning all 5 stores in Louisiana will lock their doors permanently this Saturday, and the Macys in Kenner is closing in the spring.Rice says online retailers could be impacting demand at these stores, since more and more people are shopping online.
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Rice says there are a lot of implications with stores closing, including employees having to find new jobs. He adds that big names retailers leaving could pose a problem for malls looking to fill that vacant space because stores like Sears are often known as anchor stores.
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Precipitation is moving into Louisiana over the next 24 hours bringing in the possibility of light snow. That’s according to Patrick Omundson with the National Weather Service in Shreveport who says Louisiana likely won’t see any snow accumulation and the majority will fall along the Arkansas state line. He says the snow will start mid-day tomorrow.
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Omundson says south of I-20 can expect a sleet mix, but no freezing rain. He doesn’t expect travel issues but…
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Omundson says the forecast shows south Louisiana will only experience a cold rain tomorrow. He says it will be a chilly weekend overall with temperatures in the northern part of the state reaching the mid-30s and in the 40s for the south with a wind chill.
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Early this morning, a fire broke out on an oil production platform in the Gulf of Mexico, sending four workers into the water. U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Third Class Travis Magee says around 2:30 am they received reports of a fire on a Renaissance Offshore platform about 80 miles off the coast of Grand Isle.
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Magee says there were people working on the platform when the fire started.
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Magee says the crew of the Mary Wyatt Milano and three other offshore supply vessels worked together to put out the fire. He says the cause of the fire it not yet known, and the investigation is ongoing.
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The four workers were reportedly taken to Terrebonne General Hospital for observation.
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A community forum is scheduled for tonight where Louisiana residents will have a chance to voice their concerns about repealing the Affordable Care Act without a replacement. Jeanie Donovan from Loyola’s Jesuit Social Research Institute will MC the event at 6 p.m…..
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Donovan says forum is also a call to action to get people in touch with their elected officials so they can voice how a repeal would impact Louisianans.
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Newly elected US Senator John Kennedy has said, at least on the Senate side, he doesn’t believe that Congress will want to repeal Obamacare without having something else in place. Donovan says she’s also concerned about how the state’s budget would be impacted if thousands of Louisiana residents lost their health insurance…
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