Entergy says it has completed its mission in northeast Louisiana. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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Who Dat nation is rejoicing as Drew Brees is voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Jeff Palermo has the story.
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Construction is getting underway on the Donaldsonville campus in the River Parish Community College system. Chancellor Quintin Taylor says for the first three to four years after it opens in 2028, the campus in Ascension Parish will be used specifically to train workers for the new Hyundai Steel mill, until it fills all 13-hundred jobs.
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Taylor says this is the latest in the growth of the River Parish Community College system.
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Taylor says community colleges like River Parish Community College are key to a strong workforce.
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The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is looking for the person who shot a bald eagle to death. Sergeant Michael Hebert says it happened in Erath on December 5th.
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Sergeant Hebert says a reward of up to 15-thousand dollars is being offered for information leading to a conviction in this incident.
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The bald eagle is the national bird and a national symbol of the U.S. As such, Hebert notes that from coast to coast, it is illegal to shoot a bald eagle.
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Killing a bald eagle is punishable by up to one year in jail and five-thousand dollars in both fines and civil restitution. Up until 1995, the bald eagle was classified as an endangered species. Its population has since recovered, and its conservation status is now “least concern.”
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Moderna and Merck have recently announced that a vaccine they’re working on to treat melanoma is showing lasting benefits for patients. In a five-year follow-up of an ongoing clinical trial, those with the high-risk skin cancer who take the vaccine along with Keytruda have lowered their risk of recurrence by half, compared to taking Keytruda alone. Dr. Kyle Holen, the head of development of oncology and therapeutics at Moderna, says the vaccine uses the same mRNA technology as the COVID vaccine.
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Dr. Holen says Moderna is looking at several different types of cancers in clinical trials, some of which are taking place in Louisiana.
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Holen says this could be a game-changer in how all types of cancers are treated.
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Drew Brees is the first New Orleans Saint in franchise history to be elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. The formal announcement was made Thursday night. No one could have predicted that Brees would become one of the most prolific quarterbacks in NFL history when he was selected in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft.
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Brees became the first quarterback to surpass 80-thousand career passing yards, and his 571 touchdown passes are the second most in NFL history. His career completion percentage is the highest in league history.
Brees started his pro career in San Diego, but in the season before he was set to become a free agent, he suffered a career-threatening shoulder injury. Saints general manager Mickey Loomis and coach Sean Payton took a chance on him in 2006, and the rest is history.
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Brees led the Saints to the franchise’s lone Super Bowl title in the 2009 season. He also guided New Orleans to three NFC Championship Game appearances. He’s remembered for all of the records, the victories and — maybe more importantly — his role in the post-Katrina recovery.
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Brees and the rest of his class will be formally inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in August.