Early this morning, a fire broke out on an oil production platform in the Gulf of Mexico, sending four workers into the water. U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Third Class Travis Magee says around 2:30 am they received reports of a fire on a Renaissance Offshore platform about 80 miles off the coast of Grand Isle.
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Magee says the blaze is now extinguished and the four workers who were on the platform were recovered by an offshore supply vessel and then flown to Terrebonne General Medical Center.

A severed human arm was found near a canal in St. John the Baptist Parish. It was discovered near the Reserve Canal by I-10 eastbound near mile marker 202.9. The sheriff’s office says detectives are still trying to determine how the body part ended up in the waterway.

Several stores have announced they are closing their doors soon. K-Mart and Sears are shutting down two of their locations in south Louisiana and a Macys in Kenner is also closing. LSU marketing professor Dan Rice says many times when large stores like these close, it takes awhile to find a business to take its place….
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Tonight a community forum will take place in New Orleans for those who are concerned about the possible repeal of the Affordable Care Act. Jeanie Donovan with Loyola’s Social Research Institute says not only will half-a-million Louisiana residents lose their coverage, but the state’s budget would take a hit…
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U.S. Senator John Kennedy says Republicans are interested in replacing Obamacare with something better.