September is suicide prevention Awarness month, and national experts are sounding the alarm. Amy Wimpley Knight is president of the Children’s Hospital Association. She says the most recent numbers show a 31 percent increase in hospital admissions for children and teens—AND a frightening increase in suicide rates.
Cut 6 (07) “…alarming statistic.”
Senator Bill Cassidy says a new report shows the veteran suicide rate fell nearly 10-percent from 2018 to 2020.
Veteran suicide is still too high, but they are making progress. Cassidy says the Senate recently passed his Solid Start Act, in support of veterans’ mental health. Cut 12 (11) “.. .a taste of summer”
Luke Mixon releases his first TV ad for U.S Senate. The Democrat says he supports codifying Roe v. Wade because republican support of abortion bans, is forcing rape victims to give birth. ULM Political Science Professor Joshua Stockley says the message can become controversial in such a conservative state.
The National Hurricane Center is monitoring a tropical wave that’s moving towards the Caribbean and a tropical depression that is likely to form within the next few days. State Climatologist Barry Keim says forecast models show this potential storm getting into the Gulf of Mexico next week