After a report was released showing Shreveport’s wastewater contains double the amount of methamphetamine than water systems anywhere else in the country, many were shocked. But Louisiana Addiction Research Center director Nick Goeders says it didn’t surprise him at all. He says they use specialized equipment to detect meth in wastewater and when the results came in for Shreveport he called for a recount…:

CUT 10(11)      “…than we got.”

Shreveport’s water system purifies wastewater before it’s reused, but Goeders says he’s concerned about rural water systems and their levels of the dangerous drug.

After we get some rain tonight and tomorrow, get ready for some really Autumn-like temperatures for about a week. State Climatologist Berry Keim says the rain comes first though…:

CUT 03  (08)        “…assure you.”

He says the cool temperatures will be with us right through next week.

Best wishes to all our Louisiana military veterans. Governor John Bel Edwards, a U.S. Army vet, spoke today at a Veterans Day event in Iberville Parish. He spoke of his recent trip to Europe and a visit to the battlefields of Normandy and D-Day, and how that inspired him…:

CUT 08  (12)        “…for granted.”

Earlier this week, the governor accepted the resignation of Department of Children & Family Services secretary Marketa Walters, who was under fire for infant deaths from fentanyl that slipped through the cracks at her agency. Baton Rouge state Senator Regina Barrow chairs a legislative committee on women & children’s welfare. She says she looks forward to talking with new Secretary Terri Porche Ricks about DCFS’s future..:

CUT 13  (08)        “…have these hiccups.”

She feels an overhaul of DCFS may be needed.