According to the CDC, opioid prescription rates are dropping in Louisiana, but former FBI Director Louis Freeh warns federal loopholes could threaten that progress. A new report suggests policy proposals would loosen restrictions on imported drugs. Freeh says the US has a closed prescription system, but these proposals would open it up…:
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The CDC finds opioid prescriptions have declined roughly 24 percent in the greater Baton Rouge area since 2010.

The 2017 LSU football team is picked by the media to finish behind Alabama and Auburn in the SEC West. Tiger Rag Editor Cody Worsham says the good news for LSU fans is that SEC projections tend to be wrong…:
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US Senator John Kennedy asked candidates for FBI director to help with the crime problem in New Orleans. Halen Doughty has more on his plan and the response from NOPD Superintendent Michael Harrison…:
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A 15-year-old boy faces a negligent homicide charge in the death of his 14-year-old sister in Jefferson Parish. The sheriff’s Office says the shooting happened around 12:35 a.m. Friday where the grandmother of the victim told investigators her 15-year-old grandson ran into her room in a panic, saying he had accidentally shot his sister.