We now know the names of the New Orleans Police officers who fatally shot the Houston man who carried out the New Year’s Day attack on Bourbon Street. NOPD Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick says Nigel Daggs, Christian Byer and Jacobie Jordan are heroes. Body camera footage shows the officers approaching Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s pickup truck after it crashed into construction equipment in the 300-block of Bourbon Street. All three are being recognized for their bravery and Kirkpatrick says all three have now been cleared to return to regular duty…
A Jennings man was arrested last night in one of the city’s largest ever drug busts following 9 overdoses in a single week. Jennings police say their investigation let them to 60 year old Robert Martin and a search of his home turned up 11 pounds of narcotics including marijuana, meth, powder cocaine, heroin and fentanyl. We’re told Martin is in jail. His bond set at one million dollars.
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Woman’s Hospital in Baton Rouge is the sixth entity in Louisiana to distribute the Newborn Essential Support Toolkit. Made possible by a partnership between the Department of Health and Human Services and the non-profit organization Baby2Baby, the kits include things like diapers, wipes, skin cream, clothes and other essentials. Congresswoman Julia Letlow, who helped Woman’s unveil the kits, says the kits are a wonderful tool for new parents.
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And hey if you’re still going strong with your New Year’s resolution to eat better, how ‘bout some help for you? Candida Rebello, director of the nutrition and chronic disease program at LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center, says people tend to eat based on the size of the portion and not by the calorie content. So for the same 100 calories, you can eat a large portion of some foods or a tiny portion of others.