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LAKE ARTHUR — After two years of planning and preparation, wastewater treatment plant improvements are finally moving forward.

NEW YORK (AP) — Surveillance footage is providing more clues about the gunman who killed the head of the largest U.S. health insurer. UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was killed Wednesday as he walked from his midtown hotel to the company’s annual investor conference across the street. On Friday, the gunman’s whereabouts and identity is still unknown as is the reason for the killing. Investigators are working to piece together more of the timeline of the gunman’s movements before the shooting. Police have obtained new surveillance images of the suspect, including from the city’s subway system, a law enforcement official says. The official who was not authorized to discuss details of the ongoing investigation and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

(AP) — A federal appeals court panel on Friday unanimously upheld a law that could lead to a ban on TikTok in a few short months, handing a resounding defeat to the popular social media platform as it fights for its survival in the U.S. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that the law — which requires TikTok to break ties with its Chinabased parent company ByteDance or be banned by mid-January — is constitutional.

ELTON — Town officials here are one step closer to creating a better park for the community after voting to move forward with a new lease on the land.

(The Center Square) — Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has announced a historic $10 billion investment in Richland Parish, Louisiana, to build its largest artificial intelligence-optimized data center.

Children building their Christmas wish lists all year will get an opportunity to share their wishes with the jolly fellow from the North Pole at Santa’s Workshop coming to Jennings.

(The Center Square) — A coalition of 28 attorneys general has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in a case in which Mexico is blaming U.S. gun manufacturers for Mexican cartel gun violence.