The statewide average price for a gallon of regular gasoline jumped nearly four cents overnight to a statewide average of $3.14. Triple-A Fuel analyst Don Redman says a tight supply for gasoline and high demand has caused pump prices to rise, plus OPEC announced today it’s slashing production by two percent…
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Redman expects prices to keep through the rest of 2022.
The Ochsner Transplant Institute has performed Louisiana’s first paired kidney donation transplant surgery. The recipient is 19-year-old Stephanie Morel of Loranger and the donor is all the way from Denmark, Marianne Poulsen. Ochsner Health transplant surgeon Doctor Dennis Sonnier says Marianne became interested in being a donor when her husband needed a kidney transplant…
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Because Children’s Hospital is at almost full capacity for respiratory illnesses health officials are encouraging you and your children to get a flu shot as soon as possible. Pediatrician Dr. Marcella Houser with LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans says patients can go to a trusted doctor or pediatrician for a flu shot to help prevent intolerable symptoms.
The Queen of Country Music Loretta Lynn passed away Tuesday at the age of 90. She was among the many up-and-coming country music singers that appeared on the Louisiana Hayride. Chris Brown Archivist at Centenary College says the first time Lynn performed in 1963 and she wasn’t the headliner.
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She appeared again in 1965 and then in 1970 in the show’s final year