A new leader of New Orleans is sworn in this morning. Andrew Greenstein has more on Helena Moreno’s inauguration day.
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A fatal hit and run claimed the life of a pedestrian in Iberia Parish yesterday morning around 10:30 yesterday and State Police are asking for the public’s help in finding the driver who fled the scene. Troopers say 66-year-old Russel Green was walking on Louisiana Highway 86 when he was struck and died at the scene. Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call State Police Troop I at (337) 262-5880.
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Amtrak is boosting capacity on the Mardi Gras line for Mardi Gras. Knox Ross, the chairman of the Southern Rail Commission, says at certain times, capacity will increase by about 62 riders.
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More reaction to new federal nutrition guidelines released last week. Dr. Oren Rom, senior associate dean of basic and translational science at LSU Health Shreveport, says the new guidelines are much simpler, going from 164 pages five years ago to just ten pages now. He says the new recommendations aren’t much different from the old though, but he’d recommend more vegetables.