The fentanyl overdose death of a Baton Rouge toddler in June and the beating death of a 2-year-old last month are but two of 22 juvenile homicides in East Baton Rouge Parish this year. EBR Coroner Dr. Beau Clark says the number of pediatric homicides this year alone is twice as many as from the same time period in 2021…:

CUT 13(11)      “…even over.”

Child homicides are up all over Louisiana.

Six years after the Louisiana flood of 2016, Livingston parish students are moving into two brand new, state-of-the-art schools. Southside Junior High coach and teacher Terry Hoover thanks key players for helping get the job done..:

CUT 06(11)      “…super excited.”

Following up on a story from earlier this week…a judge has denied Washington Parish Sheriff Randy Seal’s attempt to collect almost $40-thousand in back taxes from a Mount Herman cattle rancher who sells cuts of beef directly to customers at his farm. The judge ruled rancher Jason Smith’s beef IS “farm products or produce” which are tax exempt under state tax law. The sheriff says he does not plan to appeal.

Research at LSU Health in New Orleans finds a link between Alzheimer’s in the brain and bacteria in the gut. Head researcher Dr. Walt Lukiw says the bacteria generates a specific type of neurotoxin that can destroy neurons in the brain and trigger the onset of Alzheimer’s…:

CUT 08(07)      “…in the brain.”

But, he says, the LSU research is first to link that bacteria – from a diet that is too high in sugars – to the toxin.