Caddo Parish Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a shooting that critically injured an 18-year-old south of Cross Lake Monday night. Authorities say he was shot during an argument between two groups at PBS Pinchback Park. The victim was taken to Ochsner LSU Health in Shreveport for treatment. Deputies say eyewitnesses told them that gunfire erupted shortly after a verbal altercation. The incident remains under investigation.
After her car was submerged in the Amite River Saturday night 37-year-old Sara Marshall of Prairieville died as a result. Trooper Christian Reed says despite being restrained; she was unable to exit the vehicle. He says it’s vital that all occupants be properly restrained so you are less likely to have a head injury that will keep you from being unable to respond when your vehicle goes underwater.
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The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
Beginning August first health insurers in Louisiana are now required to offer six months of smoking cessation to help them kick the habit. Metairie Representative Laurie Schlegel
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Insured individuals will not have to pay co-pays or any out-of-pocket expenses due to the new law going into effect.
The first US-based cases of malaria have been identified. According to the CDC, they are the first to originate in the country in the last two decades. Chief of Community and Population Medicine at LSU Health New Orleans Dr. Benjamin Springgate says previous cases were from individuals who traveled outside the country and returned with the disease. But the most recent cases in Texas and Florida originated in the US.
The CDC deems the overall threat of malaria in the US to be “extremely low,