Another candidate announces he will run for governor of Louisiana this fall. He is 56-year-old Jeffrey Istre, a resident of Kaplan, an Army veteran, and an oilfield professional. Istre says he wants to revitalize the state’s oil & gas industry, increase teacher pay again and do major reform of the teachers’ state retirement system…:
Cut 9 (10) “…be fixed. Badly.”
The CDC has issued an alert to stop the use of EzriCare artificial eye drops. That’s E-z-r-i. Several vials have caused bacterial infections one death and in some blindness. State Health Officer Dr. Joe Kanter says to dispose of them, so no one accidentally uses them. The drops are packaged in a blue box…
There have been no reported cases in Louisiana so far.
The long-awaited Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project – to help restore the state’s coast – gets the funding needed to get underway…:
Cut 1 (32) “…I’m Jeff Palermo.”
St. Gabriel Police responded to reports of a body found in a ditch this morning. Witnesses says the body was found on Highway 74 near the railroad tracks. This is a developing story and the deceased person’s identity has not been released.