The investigation continues into the fatal shooting of a Lafayette Police Officer on Thursday. Senior Corporal Segus Jolivette was gunned down while conducting a SWAT operation in Jeanerette. The 35-year-old was one of four officers shot, but his wounds were fatal. State Police Trooper Peggy Bourque says L-S-P is leading the investigation…
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Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) confirmed four human cases of West Nile neuroinvasive disease in Winnsboro. LDH Epidemiologist Theresa Sokol says West Nile in the state isn’t unusual…
Sokol says 80-percent of people who get West Nile show no symptoms at all, 20 percent develop flu-like symptoms known as West Nile fever, and only 1 percent contract the neuroinvasive form of the virus.
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Legislative leaders have announced no special session on tax reform this year, but they want to take a crack at it before their term is up. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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There are new rules for New Orleans Mardi Gras on what you can’t bring to parade routes. Among the items banned on public property: portable toilets, tents, and canopies. And according to Mardi Gras Guide publisher Arthur Hardy so are grills, BBQ pits, and generators.