We now have our first hurricane of this year’s Atlantic Hurricane Season. Eric Gill reports…
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The State Department of Health and Hospitals confirms 20 West Nile cases this summer. Emelie Gunn has more on how you can prevent getting the disease…
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The DeSoto Parish Sheriff’s Office has arrested a teenager in connection with a stabbing death of a relative. Sheriff Rodney Arbuckle says officers received a call about a woman suffering from injuries who had driven herself to a relative’s house. He says that’s where they found Yolanda Hunter…
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He says Hunter said her 15-year-old nephew, who was living with her, was responsible for the stabbing. Hunter was transported to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead. Arbuckle says the teen confessed to stabbing his aunt while she was sleeping…
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Arbuckle says the teen apparently decided he needed to kill someone and began stabbing his aunt while she slept. The teenager is charged with second degree murder. His name has not been released because he is a juvenile. Arbuckle says the entire situation is just tragic…
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Hurricane Danny is the first hurricane of this year’s Atlantic Hurricane Season. State Climatologist Barry Keim says Danny has sustained winds of 75 miles per hour and could strengthen to a Category 2 storm in the next couple of days. He says Danny is still over a thousand miles east of the Lesser Antilles moving west north west…
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Keim says we’re several days away from even thinking about Danny entering the Gulf of Mexico. He says as Danny moves toward the Caribbean, it will hit an area of higher wind shear that will likely weaken the storm…
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Danny is a relatively small storm with hurricane force winds extending only 10 miles from the center. Keim says that makes it much harder to predict what exactly it will do. He says we need to keep an eye on Danny while its on its current track…
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The Jefferson Davis Parish Sheriff’s Office says they’ve arrested a man who is accused of keeping his 17-year-old girlfriend captive in a home also occupied by his 7-year-old child. Commander Chris Ivey says deputies responded to a Jennings home where they located the victim who told them she’d been held against her will by 27-year-old Terry Landry:
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Ivey says the 17-year-old victim had multiple injuries to her body including bite marks and bruises from choking. He says the young child was found by deputies in disgusting room with drug related paraphernalia and pornography…:
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Deputies located and arrested 27-year-old Landry and charged him with domestic abuse battery, false imprisonment and criminal neglect. He is being held with no bond. Ivey says they removed the two from the home and brought the 17-year-old to a domestic violence center…:
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The State Department of Health and Hospitals confirms 20 cases of West Nile virus so far this summer. State Health Officer Dr. Jimmy Guidry says of these cases, 10 were the neuroinvasive disease, the more serious form of the virus. Guidry urges people to always wear mosquito repellent when outdoors and take preventative measures to keep skeeters out of your yard.
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Guidry says around 90 percent of West Nile cases are asymptomatic and about 10 percent will develop West Nile fever. He says a small number of infected people will develop serious symptoms…
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Guidry says to be cautious when applying repellents that contain more than 30 percent DEET on your kids because it can cause toxicity in children. He says the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends not putting any insect repellents on infants.
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An Oakdale woman accused of killing, burning, and burying a pregnant woman and her unborn baby wants to change her plea. Pamela Causey-Fregia wants to plead not guilty by reason of insanity in the 2011 death of Victoria Perez and her unborn child. Legal analyst Tim Meche says this move is not all that unusual…
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A judge will consider the motion in an August 27th hearing. Causey-Fregia is charged with first degree murder and first degree feticide in this case. Officials believe Causey-Fregia killed the pregnant Perez with the intent of taking her baby and raising it as her own. Meche notes that it’s often difficult to establish an insanity defense…
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