Concerns are mounting over a US Environmental Protection Agency plan to perform an open tray burn in northwest Louisiana as a way to dispose 15-million pounds of M-6 propellant. Jeff Palermo has more…
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The latest fund raising totals from Republican Public Service Commissioner Scott Angelle shows he is a serious candidate for governor. Eric Gill has more…
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There’s a growing concern in northwest Louisiana over a plan to burn 15-million pounds of M6 propellant in steel trays at Camp Minden. Minden Mayor Tommy Davis says he and other local officials are worried about possible health effects….
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The explosive propellant once belonged to Explo Systems, who went bankrupt and the M6 is currently stored in bunkers at Camp Minden. It is deteriorating and there is concern it could explode if isn’t disposed of soon. But Davis says the “open burn method” might not be the best option….
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The US E-P-A supports opening burning as the disposal method. Davis says Louisiana’s Congressional delegation is putting the pressure on the agency to prove that the open tray burn is safe…
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The latest fund raising totals from Republican Public Service Commissioner Scott Angelle shows he is a serious candidate for governor. Angelle announced that his campaign has raised over $1.5 million since he announced his candidacy on October 2nd. UL-Lafayette Political Science Professor Pearson Cross says this certainly answers some questions about Angelle’s ability to raise money…
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Angelle’s campaign reports over $1.4 million in cash on hand. Angelle is one of three Republicans seeking the governorship, along with Senator David Vitter and Lt. Governor Jay Dardenne. Cross says, financially speaking, Angelle appears to have a lot of support within the party despite running against two GOP heavyweights…
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Cross says the two candidates most affected by this news are Dardenne and Democratic State Representative John Bel Edwards…
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The Bossier City Police Department says a 25-year-old Shreveport woman is booked with negligent homicide in the death of her son who was killed in a crash she was involved in. Spokesman Mark Natale says Quirtisha Allen was arrested Thursday in connection with the September 2014 incident…:
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Natale says as a result of a three month investigation, Allen was charged in the incident. He says the cops processing the scene needed to operate with the utmost diligence which is why it took a while before the mother was charged in the death of her 6-year-old son…:
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Allen is being held on $45,000 bond. Natale says there were two main factors that resulted in the mother’s arrest…:
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According to a recent study out of Yale University, cold weather can in fact make you sick. Dr. Fred Lopez is an Infectious Diseases specialist at the LSU New Orleans School of Medicine. He says they are finding validity to the fact that the lower the temperature outside, the more likely a cold virus is going to thrive…:
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Lopez says the most common virus which causes a cold replicates and makes more copies of itself at cooler temperatures…:
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Lopez says the nasal cavity is where the flu virus will most often enter the body and when that area is cooler then the bug is allowed to grow more effectively. He says staying out of the cold does help…:
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The US House overwhelmingly passed the Keystone XL Pipeline bill today. The bill advanced on a 266-153 vote and was one of the first pieces of legislation taken up by the newly sworn-in Republican-controlled Congress. Newly elected 6th District Republican Congressman Garret Graves is glad to see the Keystone bill pass despite the threat of a presidential veto…
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This is the 10th vote the house has taken on the controversial pipeline since July 2011. The Senate has enough votes to pass an identical bill and will take a test vote on Monday. Graves thinks having the actual Keystone Pipeline bill in front of him may make the president reconsider vetoing it, considering it has a lot of support…
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