Most of the Zachary Fire Department emergency response team returned home last night from the Carolinas after a 14 day mission responding to floods and damage from Hurricane Florence in South Carolina. Chief Mike Kimble says Louisiana crews evacuated hundreds of people, and were responsible for saving the lives of six, including a few Carolina firemen.
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Three boats were dispatched and the men returned home safe.
At a 5.9 percent increase, Louisiana has seen a relatively strong growth in personal income in the second quarter of 2018, ranking second in the nation at 6%. The construction sector was responsible for most of the growth. LSU economist Dr. Loren Scott says two things really stand out.
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The Bayou State is getting a 24-million dollar boost from the federal government to help us rehabilitate opioid addicts and keep them from falling back into the habit that’s killing thousands across the country every year. Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Louisiana Department of Health Office of Behavioral Health Dr. Janice Petersen says it’ll help expand recovery facilities….
The grant comes courtesy of the CDC and the US Department of Health.
A Fort Polk solider has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for illegally making and deploying a chemical weapon in the woods of the Kisatchie National Forest. The solider grabbed photos of the incident as well, which ultimately ended the careers of two military investigators who later inhaled the Chlorine gas and suffered long term damage as a result. 24- Ryan Taylor plead guilty to the charges.