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January 29th, 2018

FEDEX to give $200 million in raises, add $1.5 billion to pension plans, spend $1.5 billion on air hub because of Trump tax cuts

Democrats try end run to protect wealthy in their high-tax states from paying more federal taxes

Home Depot ‘joins the crowd’ of businesses offering bonuses and pay increases because of Trump’s tax cuts

One dead, one injured in overnight shooting on Scenic Highway, BRPD says

January 28th, 2018

Hundreds seek revival during Northwest Louisiana association “Call to Prayer”

January 27th, 2018

More than 5,100 march for life in Shreveport-Bossier

January 26th, 2018

Apple to ‘repatriate’ $250 billion from overseas, create 20,000 new jobs

XFL speculation: Tebow will QB Orlando’s franchise in new football league

Mets offer, Tebow accepts spring training invite

January 25th, 2018

Trump reverses Obama, allows states to deny Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood

Former Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze says ‘I am sorry, please forgive me’ at Liberty University chapel

Last American slave ship may have been found near Mobile, Ala.

Steve McQueen’s famous ‘Bullitt’ Mustang found

DOJ finds missing text messages between two anti-Trump FBI agents

Jawbone discovered in Israel is earliest modern human fossil outside Africa

Amateur German historian finds portion of Berlin wall still standing

Obama’s Secretary of State John Kerry sides with Palestinians in talks with U.S.

Circuit court denies appeal of coach fired for praying on football field

Louisianans to march for life Saturday in Shreveport/Bossier City

Louisiana College names evangelism center after Wayne Jenkins

Louisiana Baptists surround Jenkins with prayers days before his retirement

Legacy of Wayne Jenkins stretches generations

CEC to focus on ‘Next’ things in life

‘Voices’ concert to raise gifts for orphanage project in Haiti

January 24th, 2018

Disney gives 125,000 employees $1,000 bonuses, joins 11 mega companies to give bonuses, pay boosts, or both following Trump’s tax cuts

January 23rd, 2018

Texts show possible Obama team collusion between Lynch and Comey about Clinton investigation

Same-sex active duty soldiers marry at West Point

Emails between adulterous FBI agents reveal anti-Trump ‘secret society’ within FBI, DOJ

Indian activist demands Warren apologize for falsely claiming Cherokee heritage

VIDEO: President Trump is first president ever to speak at March for Life in D.C. (45 years!)

Student Night at ECON 2018 yields 10 decisions for Christ

January 22nd, 2018

HHS announces new division to protect conscience and religious freedom

January 19th, 2018

First Pineville, city team up to assist with ECON parking

Louisiana lawmakers urge Senate to fund America’s priorities, avoid government shutdown

Kennedy: We cannot allow religious liberty to be trampled

Patrick: Of unity and foregone conclusions

Agricultural Missions Fellowship seeking harvest of new members

ABRAHAM: Abortion is a national tragedy that we must end

IMB: more money, more losses

Attorney General Jeff Landry, Louis Charrier to speak at Life March South

Celebrate Sanctity of Human Life Sunday

Michael Phelps: ‘I am extremely thankful that I did not take my life’

Last weekend’s NFL playoffs score viewership declines

Russia to open hotel in space by 2022

Burger King takes on McDonald’s with new double quarter pound burger

Amazon raises monthly Prime rate, annual rate stays at $99

Wyndham to buy Irving-based La Quinta’s management business for $1.95 billion

TV crew tried to sneak fake explosive device through Newark Airport security, feds say

January 18th, 2018

U.S. Sen. John Kennedy issues statement ahead of annual March for Life

How to battle a giant

A presidential first: Trump to address national March for Life via livestream

U.S. jobless claims plunge to lowest weekly tally since 1973

Drone saves two Australian swimmers in world first

Movie theater attendance hits 24-year low

Amazon names 20 finalists in search for HQ2

Deep freeze in Siberia pushes temperatures down to 85 degrees below zero

New California declares ‘independence’ from California in bid to become 51st state

Florida Gov. Rick Scott plans ‘mission’ to lure Louisiana businesses

January 17th, 2018

Wisconsin atheist group complains about biblical posts on Louisiana sheriff department’s Facebook page

U.S. withholds $65 million from Palestinians

U.S. Navy commanding officers face negligent homicide charges from collisions

California has highest poverty rate in the nation

Moody Bible Institute in turmoil; alumni concerned about direction

Google sensors conservative websites, treats them as fake news

January 15th, 2018

Sen. John Kennedy: President Trump is not a racist

Sens. Tom Cotton, David Perdue deny President Trump used ‘vulgarity,’ claim his remarks were ‘misrepresented’

Ford plans $11 billion investment, 40 electrified vehicles by 2022

One of the largest diamonds in history mined in Africa

Louisianans prepare to ‘march for life’

FBI investigates possible ‘body brokerage’ at Colorado funeral home

Abbeville bank defrauded of $1.67 million illegally drawn on line of credit

Former Rapides Parish mail carrier admits to burning ‘tubs’ of mail

Supreme Court keeps religious freedom protections for Mississippi Christians

January 12th, 2018

Louisiana’s Johnson elated about Treasury Department release of new rules for tax withholding tables

Fiat Chrysler moving plant from Mexico to Michigan

Previewing the blue blood supermoon eclipse of January 2018 using mobile apps

Walmart expected to use tax windfall to fund price cuts

VICTORY: US Supreme Court lets stand religious freedom protections for Mississippi Christians

North Korea leads world in persecuting the Church

California mudslides: Search ‘for a miracle’ enters 4th day

Facebook plans major changes to news feed

Two-year-old dies at NOBTS preschool center

January 11th, 2018

My father’s final prayer – is it yours?

2018 ECON scheduled now available

Herrod takes passion for training pastors to ends of the earth

Florida monkeys pose death threat to humans

Jay Leno calls late night programming ‘depressing’

Missouri war-hero governor admits to affair, denies blackmail using nude photo

U.S. deploys B-2 stealth bombers in Guam as a ‘message’ to N. Korea

Liberal governor of high spending California talks pension cuts for retired public employees

Death toll rises to 17 in California mudslides

January 10th, 2018

Louisiana brothers bring ‘amazing grace’ to ‘The Amazing Race’

Louisiana Family Forum opens contest for state’s longest married couple

House committee passes Johnson’s bill to streamline environmental approvals

Louisiana mourns loss of historic gun traced back to the Battle of New Orleans

No. 1 ranked H.S. defensive back in Louisiana signs with LSU

Just 10 days into legalization and marijuana poisonings skyrocket in California

GuideStone announces relocation to new office space in Dallas; current headquarters building sold

Japanese astronaut grows 3.5 inches taller while in space

Texas, Tennessee churches, pastors face sexual assault allegations

Buffalo Bills deny racial slurs by controversial Richie Incognito

Louisiana teacher handcuffed, arrested for speaking out at school board meeting

Toyota, Mazda to build $1.6 billion plant in Alabama

At least 13 killed in California mudslides

January 9th, 2018

New believers brave cool temps to show ‘hearts on fire’ for Christ

Tebow shares about John 3:16 ‘coincidences’ God has used in his life

‘God, thank you’: Alabama Tide win national championship, led by faith-filled freshman QB Tua Tagovailoa

Scientists use stem cells to grow working muscle

Apple investors force company to address child phone addiction

Trump-appointed regulators rule against coal, nuclear power plants

Judge dismisses case against ranchers in 41-day Oregon standoff

January 8th, 2018

Laying aside the earthly. You might want to get ready for this.

Diehard ‘Bama fan faces dilemma as pastor of Georgia QB

Congressional investigators find ‘irregularities’ in FBI’s handling of Clinton email case

Trump Administration succeeds in bringing home Americans detained abroad

Black unemployment hits historic low, Hispanic unemployment edges lower, too

Chicago records 600 murders for second time in history

Baltimore sets troubling new murder record

Venezuelans eat garbage, scour polluted river for essentials to survive

10 percent of Amazon’s Ohio workforce on foodstamps

Union embezzlement rampant across nation

First Pineville updates facilities in time to host ECON 2018

Frizzell’s passion for revival rooted in prayer, evangelism

Experiences lead Tippit on powerful evangelistic journey

ECON 2018: Pray for the souls of Louisiana youth

January 5th, 2018

A prayer for His Church in 2018

Drinking alcohol could raise cancer risk by causing irreversible DNA damage

STUDY: Millennials strive for perfectionism more than past generations

Alexa coming to wearable devices

Couple commits suicide in Satanic ritual

Sears announces plans to shutter more than 100 stores

Consumers may be less willing to pay more for smartphones

Fewer teens are having sex as declines in risky behaviors continue

Stock market hits record high

White House wants to open up nearly all federal waters for offshore drilling

US adds 148,000 jobs in December

January 3rd, 2018

Louisiana Baptist youth leader, NOBTS student, dies on mission field

January 2nd, 2018

Johnson, Landry publish guidance on religious expression in schools

New year, new laws: A look at Louisiana’s new rules set to take effect for 2018

Louisiana’s sugarcane harvest better than expected

Orrin Hatch announces retirement at end of term

Americans set to eat record number of meat in 2018

Finishing strong and beginning well

Nearly 5 million Americans are in default on student loans

Swamp defined: 5 richest U.S. counties are D.C. suburbs

Homeless North Carolina quarterback finds home with coach

Clinton top aide Abedin forwarded classified material and passwords to unsecure accounts

January 1st, 2018

University president to parents: We know your kids are drinking and we need your help