It’s a late Christmas gift for some 17-thousand people in the greater Baton Rouge area. The Huey and Angelina Wilson Foundation and Undue Medical Debt teamed up to erase their medical debt. Tristi Charpentier (SHARP-in-tay), the vice president of people-centered initiatives at the foundation, says those people didn’t have to do anything – the national nonprofit Undue Medical Debt took the first step.
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Work is underway to replace the Tech Drive bridge over I-20 in Ruston. State transportation officials say the bridge was originally built in 1963 and has outlived its usefulness. Erin Buchanan with DOTD says they will try to keep traffic disruptions to a minimum during the project.
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The project is four years at a cost of 39-million dollars.
Local nutrition experts are expressing concerns about some parts of the new federal nutrition guidelines, including the one that places no limitations on the consumption of red meat. Cathy Champagne, a professor of nutrition at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, points out that the fat in red meat is saturated fat. She says eating red meat in moderation is okay, and she urges you to choose the cut of meat wisely.
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The number of Chronic Wasting Disease detections in wild deer is up to 49. Because of that, hunters are encouraged to submit additional hunter-harvest samples for testing. Deer Program Manager Johnathan Bordelon says a CWD sample drop-off site is located along Highway 15 near the Richard K Yancey WMA.