A tragic story out of Jennings: a 10-month-old baby girl has died after being left in a hot car Tuesday. According to Jennings Police Chief Danny Semmes (Simms), the mother says she left her child in the hot car for an hour and a half by accident, and took the baby to the hospital as soon as she realized.

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DOTD has completed financing for the new Calcasieu River Bridge project. The project to replace the current I-10 Calcasieu River Bridge, which is over 70 years old, has been discussed for years, and project manager Paul Vaught says a joint committee voted against it as late as last October. However, Vaught says Governor Landry’s administration is keen on the project…

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Construction is expected to start early 2026 and finish by 2031.

 
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. Jay Platt, father of the victim, 27-year-old Nicholas Platt, says he hopes this leads to more related arrests and spares other families from losing loved ones.

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Todd Graves, founder of Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers, donated 100 thousand dollars to fund a 3D-printed artificial reef off the coast of Grand Isle. The donation supports the efforts of the Coastal Conservation Association of Louisiana, and LDWF Secretary Madison Sheahan says this is a huge opportunity to show what a public-private partnership can do in the state…

cut 7 (08) “…anglers across the state.”