Beginning August 1, a new law signed by Governor John Bel Edwards will allow Louisiana residents with private insurance and Medicaid who want to quit smoking to enroll in a six-month smoking treatment program. Teiko Foxx has more…:

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Avoyelles Parish deputies report they retrieved a body from the Red River near Marksville Saturday. They got a call about a possible drowning victim at around 2 pm and had located the remains by 5. As yet they have not released the age, gender or name of the victim.

State Police are investigating a single-vehicle crash that claimed the life of a Prairieville woman after her car was submerged in the Amite River. Troop A spokesman Trooper Chris Reed says it happened Saturday night around 10:30 and they still do not know why 37-year-old Sarah Marshall drove off the roadway. Impairment has not been ruled out. Reed says please remain alert and unimpaired while driving…:

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The crash remains under investigation.

The first cases of malaria in the U.S. have been detected in Florida and Texas; the first of domestic origination in a decade. Dr. Ben Springgate is with LSU Health in New Orleans. He says mosquito bites are the culprit…:

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Take steps to avoid being bitten, because…who needs that? Right?