Under fire for the fentanyl-related deaths of two toddlers who were under care of the Department of Children & Family Services, the head of that agency has resigned. With Marketa Garner Walters out, Deputy Secretary Terri Ricks takes the head job. State Senator Regina Barrow, of Baton Rouge, chairs a Senate committee overseeing women and child welfare issues. She says it is true that DCFS is understaffed, and many case workers are overworked and underpaid…but nevertheless they must be held accountable…:

CUT 14  (06)        “…had done their job.”

She says it may be time for an overhaul at DCFS.

The LSU Tigers will likely have heaters on the sidelines and extra blankets for their matchup against unranked Arkansas today. State Climatologist Barry Keim says it’ll be pretty nippy in Fayetteville…:

CUT 22  (07)        “chilly out there.”

Kickoff is at 11am.

After a report showing Shreveport’s wastewater contains double the amount of methamphetamine of anywhere else in the country, many folks were shocked. But not Louisiana Addiction Research Center director Nick Goeders. He says it didn’t surprise him whatsoever…:

CUT 09(13)      “…last ten years.”

The City of Shreveport’s water system purifies wastewater before it’s re-used, but Goeders says he’s concerned about rural water systems and their levels of contamination.

Lafayette Police seek a woman they say impersonated a nurse to gain access to employees only areas of a local hospital, where she helped herself to other peoples’ wallets and credit cards. They used security cam images compared with social media posts to identify Lakeshia Kennedy; now sought for felony theft. She’s wanted for the same crimes committed in Opelousas and in Gulfport, Mississippi.