Hyundai makes a major investment in Louisiana. Colleen Crain reports.
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LSU Health Shreveport celebrates Match Day with its medical students. Sean Richardson has more.
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The LSU Lady Tigers leave Florida State in their dust as they advance to the Sweet 16. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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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.
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The 5.8-billion-dollar steel plant will be built in Donaldsonville and will anchor the RiverPlex MegaPark on the Westbank of the Mississippi River, and construction is slated to begin in the third quarter next year. Hyundai Motor Group Executive Chairman Chung Eui-sun says the company is making a commitment to American manufacturing with this plant.
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The announcement of the plant is the latest in a string of economic development projects coming to the state, including a Meta artificial intelligence data center in Richland Parish. Governor Landry says this is just the start.
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The direct jobs created by the new steel plant are expected to have an average annual salary of 95-thousand dollars a year.
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The Louisiana Department of Transportation has completed a 2.5-million-dollar project, installing 28 new closed-circuit television cameras along I-10 from Lake Charles to Scott. John Guidroz with DOTD says these cameras are connected to the state agency’s main fiber network, expanding public access to live-stream traffic coverage along that stretch.
Guidroz says the additional cameras enhance traffic monitoring, operations, and safety along the corridor.
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The public can view the cameras on 511la.org or through the 511 mobile app for real-time traffic updates.
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Match Day is a pivotal event when medical students across the U.S. learn where they will complete their residencies. Last Friday, nearly 36-thousand students from coast to coast received their matches. Lisa Babin with LSU Health Shreveport says the school celebrated as students discovered their placements.
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Babin says 96-percent of med students at LSU Health Shreveport got matched in the program.
Babin says this year 46-percent of students will remain in state for their residency which while help combat the projected physician shortage in 2030.
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For the third year in a row, the Lady Tigers are headed to the Sweet 16. LSU used a very strong third quarter to blow by LSU, 101-71, in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Florida State kept it close throughout the first half – in fact, the Seminoles led at halftime, 50 to 49. Head Coach Kim Mulkey was forced to sit Flau’Jae Johnson and Mikaylah Williams for a good portion of the second quarter due to foul trouble. Mulkey said her bench players did their job.
Mulkey was referring to freshman guard Jada Richard (REE-shard), who said after the game she had no fear of the moment.
With Johnson and Williams rested, LSU blew past Florida State 31 to 6 in the third quarter. In fact, LSU held Florida State scoreless for the last six and a half minutes in that quarter. The third-seeded Lady Tigers move on to face second-seeded N-C State in the regional semifinals in Spokane, Washington, on Friday. Mulkey says they don’t take Sweet 16s for granted anymore at LSU.
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Wide receiver Brandin Cooks is back with the Saints and has no regrets on how his first stint in New Orleans ended. The Saints drafted Cooks, who is now 31-years-old, in 2014 and he became a one-thousand yard receiver for the Black and Gold. But after three seasons, New Orleans traded Cooks to New England as there were reports Cooks was unhappy with his role as he was seeking a big contract. Cooks says he was not interested in burning bridges when he left New Orleans…
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Cooks says he’s looking forward to playing with Derek Carr…
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Two players out of the transfer portal are making an impact on LSU’s offense during spring practice. Tight end Bauer Sharp was Oklahoma’s leading receiver last season, and Coach Brian Kelly says Sharp is a good fit in the locker room and on the field…
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Florida State transfer Destyn Hill from Edna Karr High School in New Orleans has been impressive to watch at practice. Hill is coming off a knee injury and Kelly likes his physicality…