11:30 LRN Newscast

Serious infections caused by Flesh eating bacteria, Vibrio vulnificus, are on the rise in Louisiana. Colleen Crain reports…

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We could have our first hurricane tomorrow of the 2025 hurricane season as Tropical Storm Erin is expected to strengthen into a hurricane in the Atlantic. But Erin is not expected to threaten the coastal U-S as she grows into a major hurricane. It’s mid-August and there are not tropical threats to the Gulf coast.

 

New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick is speaking out about the arrest of a 23-year veteran officer.  56-year-old Terrance Johnson is charged with prostitution and malfeasance in office. Kirkpatrick says his alleged actions do not represent the NOPD…

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According to investigators, Johnson was paying for the prostitutes while on duty in the French Quarter.

Thirty-thousand solar panels are now providing energy to 18-hundred military homes at Fort Polk. Corvias provided the funding and partnered with the U-S Army to complete the 13-megawatt power generation project. Bartost Wojszyk (Voice-chick), is the President of Energy at Corvias and he says they work with the military to make sure installations are energy resilient…

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Corvias’ investment was 29-million dollars.