It’s been just over a year since a gunman ambushed Baton Rouge police officers, killing three and injuring three — and one of the injured deputies is now able to go back to work. Doctors had to put a titanium bar in Lt. Bruce Simmons’ arm because the bone was shattered where he was shot, but he was determined to return to work…:
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That’s EBRSO spokeswoman Casey Hicks.

There has been a massive increase in the number of women applying for gun permits. A Crime Prevention Research Center report finds CCPs for women grew by 93-percent from 2012 to 2016. Wade Duty, co-owner of Precision Firearms in Baton Rouge, credits a cultural shift among the ladies…:
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Duty expects this trend to continue.

Governor John Be Edwards says now is the time for lawmakers to work on a plan to address the looming fiscal cliff in 2018. Over a billion dollars in temporary taxes are set to expire in July of next year, and Edwards says something must be done to fill that budget hole…:
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That’s the message the governor sent to House Speaker Taylor Barras.

Doctors in New Orleans have helped literally regrow a toddler’s brain after she drowned. Two-year-old Eden Carlson of Arkansas lost a significant amount of brain tissue after spending 15 minutes underwater. Director of Hyperbaric Medicine at LSU Health New Orleans, Dr. Paul Harch, says treatments in an oxygen chamber worked wonders for Eden..:
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He says Eden can now walk and talk again.