A new report from the Louisiana Legislative Auditor’s office finds 19-percent of the people who called a state hotline to report child abuse hung up before a staff member within DCFS’s Child Welfare Division could answer the call. Nearly 76-thousand calls were made to the hotline during Fiscal Year 2022. And the average wait time is seven minutes.

If you’re a new parent wondering how to begin saving for your child’s education, among the options is the state’s START Saving Program. Brooke Thorington has more.
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Entergy announces its accelerating its usual tree-trimming across the state because of the record-setting heat and prolonged drought is leaving trees and its limbs susceptible to falling on power lines…
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That’s the V-P of Reliability Steven Benyard.

Composer Charlie Rauh has served as an artist-in-residence at LSU’s School of Veterinary Medicine for the last month. Playing his guitar and watching how the animals, who are there for surgery, react to his music. Raugh says he’s written and recorded songs based on his experience in residence at LSU’s Vet School and will hold a concert tonight at 5:30. He says his compositions will also be released to the public….
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