It’s been two weeks since the state Department of Health and Hospitals ordered a chlorine burn for the St. John the Baptist Parish water system, because a potentially deadly brain-eating amoeba was detected in the water. The state’s safe drinking water administrator, Jake Causey, says efforts to increase and maintain a certain level of disinfectant is ongoing…:
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DHH is advising area residents to make sure tap water doesn’t go up your nose, because that’s how the bacteria can become harmful.

The daughter of the star of the now cancelled reality TV show Sons of Guns, who remains in jail on child sex charges, is telling her family secrets on national television. 49-year-old Will Hayden is accused of raping a girl, who is now 12, in East Baton Rouge Parish. He is also accused of raping an 11-year-old in 2013. Stephanie Hayden unloads on Dr. Phil in a pre-taped show that will air today at 3pm on ABC.

The community of Jennings got together in a big way on Wednesday to welcome home an officer who was shot in the line of duty and has been in recovery since the June incident. Jennings Police Chief Todd D’Albor says Sergeant Ricky Benoit was responding to a domestic violence call when he was shot in the neck by the suspect…:
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Benoit returned to his home yesterday to crowds lining the streets to honor the hero.

The Louisiana Lottery says nobody won the multi-state jackpot last night which now goes up to $149 million dollars for Saturday.