A new protocol has been implemented to 911 operators in Louisiana which has them screen callers for Ebola symptoms. Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness Director Kevin Davis says the caller will be asked a series of questions about illnesses, particularly fever and recent travel. He says that will help EMS responding…

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Davis says the callers answers would determine whether more questions would follow and whether the emergency responder would need to wear protective gear to the call.

An LSU employee, who returned home after training Liberian police in the use of protective clothing to combat the Ebola outbreak in Africa, has been asked to stay off campus for three weeks. The Department of Health and Hospitals say the man is not at risk for Ebola since he did not have any contact with infected people, but he is being monitored.

The LSU Police Department is seeking the public’s help in their investigation of an alleged rape that occurred on campus. Capt. Corey Lalonde says The incident happened October 7th along West Lakeshore Drive. He says there is normally a considerable amount of traffic in that area…

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LaLonde says LSUPD has no information to indicate that this is anything other than an isolated incident.

Many homes and businesses in Monroe and West Monroe remain powerless as a result of a tornado that moved through the area Monday. Entergy spokesman Roderick Worthy says at the height of the storm, about 38,000 customers were without power in the Ouachita Parish area…

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He says Entergy’s goal is to have power fully restored tomorrow.