Behind the wheel: Kyle Mitchell Sr., a veteran FedEx Freight driver from Baton Rouge, is headed to the National Truck Driving Competition next month. Mitchell is headed to the competition in Pittsburgh for the first time after winning the state championship in the tank truck division. Drivers are judged on a written test, a pre-trip inspection and a field test. Kenny Benoit, a FedEx driver from Carencro, is also competing in the National Truck Driving Competition in the 5-Axle category.
Money will be used to set up coastal training studio: The America’s Wetland Foundation has donated $300,000 to LSU and the Forever LSU campaign, money that will be used to start a professional training studio to restore, protect and sustain wetlands. The Coastal Sustainability Studio will focus its restoration efforts on parishes in the Mississippi Delta plain as part of a test case.
