The Louisiana Department of Health is urging caution after a fifth person has died from Vibrio vulnificus. Those five are among 26 Louisiana residents who have been infected by the bacteria that naturally live in coastal waters and are found in higher numbers in the warmer months of May through October. State Epidemiologist Theresa Sokol says it’s a very seriousdisease.
Cut 4 (06) “…has required hospitalization.”
Of the 26 cases, 24 have had an underlying medical condition.
Nearly a decade after she was shot and killed, deputies in Terrebonne Parish have arrested two men in connection with the 2015 murder of 56-year-old Pamela Johnson. District Attorney Joseph Waitz says the Johnsons were going through a divorce at the time.
Recently discovered evidence led to the arrest of her husband, 70-year-old Charles Johnson, along with 43-year-old Shannon Robinson who Waitz says Johnson hired to kill his wife.
In an interview on a Baton Rouge radio station, U.S. Representative Julia Letlow says she is focusing on serving the 5th congressional district when asked about running for U-S Senate. Senator Bill Cassidy will likely face three well-known Republican challengers in next April’s primary — state Treasurer John Fleming, State Senator Blake Miguez and PSC member Eric Skrmetta. LSU Political Science Professor Robert Hogan says it’s far from a guarantee Cassidy will be re-elected.
LSU in Baton Rouge has its largest Freshman class in history and Interim president Matt Lee says for the first time in history, LSU’s research enterprise has crossed the 500-million mark.