News roundup: EmployBR to host job fair next week … Passing AP test scores up 12% in Louisiana … Plans, funding set for new Bayou Chevreuil Bridge

Now hiring: Mayor Sharon Weston Broome and EmployBR are hosting a Community Job Fair on Aug. 15 at the Belle of Baton Rouge to connect job seekers with employers. Job seekers are encouraged to dress professionally and bring their resumes. Veterans are invited to the job fair starting at 9 a.m. and then the job fair will be open to general public at 11 a.m. The fair wraps up at 2 p.m.
AP tests: More Louisiana high school students than ever before earned college-credit qualifying scores on Advanced Placement exams in 2018, according to data released today by the Louisiana Department of Education. The number of students earning qualifying scores increased 12% over last year and nearly 167% since 2012. In 2018, 7,330 students earned scores high enough to obtain college course credit. In 2017, 6,519 students earned those marks. Read the full announcement.
Abridged: The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development is moving forward with plans to replace the Bayou Chevreuil Bridge just north of the Lafourche Parish line. Construction is expected to begin in February. A diversion bridge will be built for traffic to continue passing through the area. While traffic passes on the diversion structure, crews will remove the existing bridge and install the new one. The $8 million project is being funded through the department’s Bridge Preservation Program. Read the full story.