Doctor Ralph Abraham has been named as the state’s first Surgeon General. Abraham was serving as the Secretary for the Louisiana Department of Health. Governor Jeff Landry says this will put a doctor in charge of health policy. Abraham says he wants to change policies that have been holding the state back in providing better healthcare…
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Most of the state is under a heat advisory again today. Heat index values could reach 110-degrees which could put you in the hospital if you overdo it while outside. The state health department does have a heat-related illness dashboard…
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That’s Doctor Sunday Winder with the Louisiana Department of Health. Last year the state recorded 88 heat-related deaths and 61-hundred emergency room visits for heat related illness.

A LendingTree analysis of U-S Census Bureau Data shows 23% of Louisiana adults 65 and older are still working, an increase from 19-percent in 2022. UNO business professor Mark Rosa…
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Rosa says inflation has resulted in older adults working longer.

The Ragin Cajun fan base is thrilled over the announcement that former player and Crowley native Alyson Habetz will be the next head coach of the U-L Lafayette softball program. Her former coach Yvette Girouard calls it a Grand Slam hire…
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As a player, Habetz helped lead the Cajuns to the Women’s College World Series in 1993. She was an assistant at Alabama for 25 years and was the associate head coach when the Crimson Tide won a national championship in 2012.