In the largest fentanyl bust in Livingston Parish history, four individuals were arrested, and over 100-thousand doses of fentanyl were seized following a multi-agency investigation. Sheriff Jason Ard says Tyrone Broadway was the ringleader of the drug trafficking operation and undercover agents made multiple purchases from his group, uncovering approximately 36-thousand pressed fentanyl pills.
The other three arrested are Eugene Skinner, Donald McCray, and Devonte Skinner.
A new state law requires firefighters to receive annual physical and cancer screenings at no cost and Willis Knighton will provide that service for firefighters in Caddo and Bossier Parishes. CEO Jaf Fielder ….
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Fielder says firefighters are 14-percent more likely to develop cancer because of their job than any other occupation.
The CDC is continuing to monitor the first person in the U.S. with a severe case of bird flu. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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The Louisiana National Guard is celebrating 30 years of its Youth Challenge Program. Lieutenant Colonel Kenny Paul says the Louisiana Guard’s Youth Challenge Program was among the first of its kind and one of the most successful. He says more than 28 thousand kids have graduated and many have gone on to do great things.
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The latest class of graduates, 118 of them, graduated in a ceremony last weekend.