The Denka Performance Elastomer plant in St. John the Baptist Parish was facing a 90-day deadline from the federal EPA to lower its emissions that community activists say is leading to higher cancer rates. But Louisiana DEQ Secretary Aurelia Giacometto says the state will give Denka two years to lower its emissions…
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Denka says the plant does not pose a public health threat and they’ve already spent 35-million dollars on emission controls.

Sad story out of Livingston Parish as two adults and a child are dead in what appears to be a murder suicide near the town of Albany. Sheriff Jason Ard says they believe 49-year-old Giny Williamson killed 49-year-old Steven Williamson and an eight-year-old in their custody, before turning the gun on herself. Ard says there’s no known history of violence involving the family…
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A new law will go into effect on January first that says commercial insurers must cover the cost of Bariatric surgery. Brooke Thorington explains.
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Governor Jeff Landry says at the request of Texas Governor Greg Abbott he’s sending engineering soldiers from Louisiana’s National Guard to help with southern border security. Louisiana’s National Guard soldiers were at the border for 90 days before the mission ended earlier this month. Landry says Texas could still use Louisiana’s help and there’s 800-thousand dollars available to pay for this new mission.