The state Office of Juvenile Justice says it has moved the youth juvenile offenders housed at a temporary facility at Angola to a new juvenile justice facility in Jackson Parish. A federal judge ruled last week the state needs to relocate the youth from the grounds of an adult prison. The lead plaintiffs attorney David Utter is happy to see O-J-J act…
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The O-J-J moved the youth to Angola after a series of escapes and violent episodes at other juvenile justice facilities. This new facility in Jackson Parish opened in July.

Louisiana Tech president Les Guice announced this week he’s retiring at the end of this year. Guice says he’s leaving at a time when the school is welcoming its largest freshman class in history…
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A fatal disease called lethal bronzing is killing off palm trees in the New Orleans and Baton Rouge areas and there have also been cases in Iberia Parish. LSU AgCenter Plant Doctor, Raj Singh, says the disease is transmitted by a small insect known as a planthopper but there’s no cure…
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Singh says there are antibiotic treatments, but they are not available to the average homeowner.

Wildlife officials are encouraged by seeing Kemp’s ridley sea turtles producing successful hatches on the Chandeleur Islands. But Coastal Resources Scientist Manager, Matt Weigel, says Chandeleur Islands are disappearing, so it’s critical that design plans to restore the islands become a reality…
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