A sad story out of Jennings: a 10-month-old baby girl has died after being left in a hot car on Tuesday. Mel Bridges has more.
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This is the second Louisiana Baby and the 23rd in the nation to die this year after being left in a hot car.
A Louisiana state trooper charged in the death of Ronald Green has been allowed to retire, WAFB in BATON ROUGE is reporting Kory York who has been on suspension since January 12, 2023 was allowed to retire effective August 11, 2024. And according to their sources Louisiana State Police said York was waiting to retire until he hit 20 years with the state. Greene was killed in May of 2019. Months later leaked body camera footage showed Greene pleading for his life as he was beaten an dragged by his ankle shackels.
York’s trial is scheduled for October.
26-year-old Trystan McMillon, of Hammond, was arrested on charges of second-degree murder after allegedly selling fentanyl that led to a fatal overdose. Hammond Police Chief Edwin Bergeron reported that McMillon sold the potent synthetic opioid to 27-year-old Nicholas Platt who later died from an overdose.
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The Fentanyl Overdose Response (FOR) Team has seized 8 pounds of fentanyl since January as the deadly drug has contributed to a surge in overdose deaths in Louisiana.
Todd Graves, the founder of Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers, donated $100,000 to fund the creation of a 3D-printed artificial reef off the coast of Grand Isle. The reef will replace an old, decommissioned oil platform, contributing to marine conservation efforts in the Gulf of Mexico.
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The donation supports the efforts of the Coastal Conservation Association (CCA) of Louisiana, which is collaborating with researchers and environmentalists to design and deploy the artificial reef.