St. Tammany Parish Sheriff deputy Kenneth Doby is hospitalized after he was shot overnight while patrolling in the area of Highway 21 and Highway 1083 in Waldheim. Sheriff Randy Smith says a 13-year-old male suspect is in custody. Deputy Kenneth Doby was in the area after a call came in for a suspected burglary at a business.

The Senate-approved bill that would allow the state to put violent 17-year-old criminals in with adult prisoners clears another legislative hurdle. More from Kevin Gallagher…:
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U-S Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm visited a Strategic Petroleum Reserve site in Iberville Parish and General Electric’s wind blade testing plant at the Michoud facility in New Orleans east. Louisiana Congressman Troy Carter says Louisiana is poised to be a leader in wind turbine energy with the plant strategically located near major ports and just offshore from a proposed wind farm in the Gulf.
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A new way to repair a torn A-C-L in a person’s knee is being performed at Ochsner medical facilities in south Louisiana. Instead of using a tendon from the patient’s own body to replace the torn ligament, Ochsner Baton Rouge Medical Director of Sports Medicine, Doctor Jeremy Burnham is using bioengineered material that provides an environment for the torn ligament ends to reattach themselves…
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The new procedure is still in clinical trials.