The state Office of Public Health has launched Operation Immunization in northeast Louisiana. Regional 8 Medical Director Tonya Hunter says Operation Immunization aims to address the downward trend in vaccinations among children entering kindergarten since 2020…
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Nine of the 12 northeast Louisiana parishes have lower vaccination rates than the statewide average for the common childhood vaccine series at age two.

A federal jury acquits State Trooper Jacob Brown of depriving Aaron Bowman’s civil rights during an arrest in Monroe in 2019. Brown, a white officer, was seen on body-camera video, repeatedly hitting Aaron Bowman, a black man, with a flashlight.

The city of Minden will be without power at 10 PM tonight so repairs can be made to an Entergy substation that caught on fire over the weekend.

Acadian Ambulance is targeting young people as they face EMT and paramedic shortages. Director of Louisiana and Mississippi operations, Porter Taylor, says Acadian has several training sites across south Louisiana and Alexandria and the training can be applied to college coursework to earn an associate’s degree…
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For more information go to become-a-medic-dot-com.

Eight-year-old Alli Glass has been labeled a hero after helping her great grandfather survive a four-wheeler accident. The two were thrown off the four-wheeler while riding at night and the 83-year-old man was pinned underneath. Franklin Parish Sheriff Kevin Cobb says Alli maneuvered her great grandpa and the four-wheeler so he can breathe and then ran more than a half a mile to get help. Cobb says everyone is okay after the traumatic experience.
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