NEW ROADS - It's off to work for a group of students in New Roads. A record number of teens are taking part in the city's youth opportunity program, where teens ages 14 to 17 will work at city offices or area non-profit agencies.
Mayor Robert Myer said it... more »
BATON ROUGE- McDonald's plans to hire 50,000 new workers to work at its U.S. restaurants. The one-day hiring spree includes crew and management positions.
Chris Valluzzo, a local owner and operator of McDonald's, says the restaurants expect to interview several thousand people from the Baton Rouge area today.
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WASHINGTON D.C. - Louisiana's $3.5 billion sugarcane and sugar mill industries could breathe a sigh of relief after an effort to effectively end the federal... more »
BATON ROUGE - State emergency officials scheduled a demonstration today of a new emergency alert system which uses FM radios to let the public know... more »
BATON ROUGE - People getting ready for hurricane season will get a break if they buy supplies this weekend.
The annual Hurricane Preparedness Sales... more »
MOORE, Okla. - The first of the funerals is scheduled today following the deadly tornado in Moore, Okla. It will be for 9-year-old Antonia Candelaria,... more »
BATON ROUGE - The Department of Transportation and Development said they're studying the area around the Assumption Parish sinkhole for a possible alternate highway in... more »