It’s almost time for students to go back to school, and Dr. Michelle Yetman, a clinical psychologist with LSU Health Shreveport, says there are several important things parents can do to make sure your child is prepared for the school year mentally, physically and emotionally.
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She says children should get into their school routines now to make the transition easier.

The personal-finance website, Wallethub, ranks Louisiana as the eighth worst state to have a baby. Louisiana performed poorly in the study because of its high infant mortality rate, the high rate of low birth-weight babies, and not enough pediatricians and family medicine physicians. But Wallethub’s Cassandra Happe says Louisiana performs well in a few other categories…
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Lafayette’s Mondo Duplantis cemented his legacy as the greatest pole vaulter ever as the 24 year-old set a new world record in the pole vault in the Paris Olympics. The former LSU star cleared the bar at 20-feet, six inches. It’s the ninth time the Swedish-American pole vaulter broke a world record.

Shreveport is estimating 30-thousand people will attend this week’s Humor and Harmony Festival put on by Curtis 50-cent Jackson. Sean Richardson has more.
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