Some tense moments for about 250 people in Winn Parish yesterday, as they had to be evacuated due to a wildfire. Fire District Three Chief Dustin Parker says the fire started along Highway 34 in Dodson shortly after noon yesterday and spread from there.
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Last month’s oil spill from a terminal operated by the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port is threatening the state’s oyster industry. A leak in a cargo transfer hose sent 31-thousand gallons into Terrebonne Bay. Mitch Jurisich, the chairman of the Louisiana Oyster Task Force, says this has the potential to be evocative of a certain devastating oil spill from 16 years ago.
Three Ochsner hospitals are listed among the 250 top hospitals in the country by “Newsweek” magazine. Regional Medical Director Dr. Quentin Alleva says Ochsner’s success is based on the fact that it’s a one-stop shop for all of a patient’s medical needs.
The three are Ochsner Medical Center New Orleans, Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center and Ochsner Medical Center Baton Rouge.
McNeese’s incredible season has come to an end. The South Region’s 12th seed led Vanderbilt by as much as 11 points in the first half, but they couldn’t hold on, as the fifth-seeded Commodores beat the Cowboys, 78-68. McNeese couldn’t repeat the magic of last season, when they upset Clemson in the first round for their first NCAA Tournament win in school history. McNeese ends the season with an overall record of 28-and-6.