Entergy has told the Public Service Commission that it will need to spend 10 to 12 billion dollars to replace aging power generating units, which will likely mean higher rates. Industrial companies suggest rates could rise as much as 50-percent. P-S-C- member Doctor Craig Greene says a study has been launched to see if it would be smart to let large industrial customers produce their own power…
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Nearly one out of four adults in Louisiana is considered obese and a new study out of Harvard predicts that nearly half of all Americans will be obese by 2030. Doctor Steven Heymsfield with LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center says the nation’s obesity problem will send healthcare costs spiraling out of control,,,
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A 55- year old Zachary man who’s has lost numerous family members to pulmonary fibrosis is waiting on a transplant. Brooke Thorington has more.
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State Police say charges are pending against the driver involved in a fatal wreck in Grant Parish that killed 18-year-old Jessie Andrew Richards. The Pineville teen died from his injuries sustained in the Tuesday night wreck on Bob Frazier Road. The driver, 18-year-old Matthew Molan of Pineville, lost control and hit a tree. None of the teens in the vehicle were buckled up.