WalletHub has released their list of the Fattest States in America and Louisiana comes in at number two. Jeff Palermo reports…
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The city of New Orleans is thrilled they’ve been chosen to host the College Football National Championship in 2020. Jeff Palermo reports…:
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A new poll shows close races for Lt. Governor and Attorney General. Emelie Gunn has more….
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WalletHub has released their list of the Fattest States in America and Louisiana comes in at number two. The personal finance website unveiled their list in conjunction with National Diabetes Awareness Month. Spokesperson Jill Gonzales says a big factor in Louisiana’s ranking is the number of children in the state who are overweight or obese…
Louisiana ranked 6th in the percentage of adults who are obese, 2nd in the percentage of adults eating less than one serving of fruits or vegetables per day, and 1st in the percentage of residents with hypertension. Gonzalez says a bright spot is that the state did not fall in the top ten for the percentage of people with Type II Diabetes…
Mississippi ranked as the fattest state in the country. Gonzalez says it’s not a coincidence they released this ranking just before the holidays…
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The city of New Orleans is thrilled they’ve been chosen to host the College Football National Championship in 2020. Executive Director of the New Orleans Host Committee for the CFP Championship Jeff Hundley says this marks the 28th time that the city has hosted the top two NCAA football team contest. He says the Sugar Bowl committee was very generous with the bid.
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Hundley says the cooperation and teamwork from the state and city on down were pivotal in gaining the rights to host this game. He says in addition to the funding from the Sugar Bowl and legislation passed last spring which allowed them to bid, they had lots of help from several entities…:
New Orleans lost their first bid to host the CFP and also got beat out by another city when it went after the 2018 Super Bowl. Also last year, attempts to get any of the 2017-20 Final Fours were unsuccessful. But Hundley says this time, they were able to show the panel that New Orleans is busy with construction everywhere, and lots popping up the next 4 years:
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A new statewide poll shows tight races for Lt. Governor and Attorney General. The survey of 600 Louisiana voters was paid for by Nextstar television stations and conducted by JMC Analytics. Pollster John Couvillon says in the AG’s race, Republican Jeff Landry has a slight lead over Republican incumbent Buddy Caldwell, 38 to 34-percent. He says 29-percent are undecided.
Couvillion says he anticipates these two races will be neck and neck until November 21st.He says in the Lt. Governor’s race, Billy Nungesser is barely ahead of Kip Holden, coming in at 40-percent to Holden’s 39-percent.
Couvillon says we’re seeing a huge percentage of undecided voters in these two elections but expects that number to change closer to runoff.
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The St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office is putting a warning out about a batch of poisonous heroin on the streets. They say 2 known drug abusers were found dead this week at a home in Luling after injecting heroin. Sheriff Greg Champagne says recently in Chicago, 74 people overdosed on a “bad batch” of heroin in a three day period and he is fairly confident that’s what happened with the Luling double death overdose…:
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Champagne says heroin is often cut with various substances to stretch the supply and there have even been documented cases of rat poison being used. He says heroin is becoming an epidemic around the country with alarming frequency…:
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The Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control says a judge has ruled in their favor and has reinstated the suspensions of three French Quarter strip clubs. Commissioner Troy Hebert originally ordered a suspension of the businesses’ alcohol permits after uncovering drugs and prostitution there. His ruling was overturned, but put back in place Wednesday…:
An administrative hearing is scheduled for these strip clubs on Monday in New Orleans. He says the effort to clean up this criminal activity in the French Quarter is far from over and they expect there will be more alcohol suspensions issued as their undercover operation continues…:
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The Saints take a three-game winning streak into Sunday’s game against the Titans, who have lost six in a row. Quarterback Drew Brees is coming off one of his best performances, as he threw for a career-high 511 yards and seven touchdowns in a wild 52-49 win over Giants. Brees says it will be hard to duplicate that performance again
After a sluggish start to the season, the Saints offense has taken off since a disappointing loss in Philadelphia. In the last three games, New Orleans has scored 110 points. Brees gives credit to a maturing group of young wide receivers…
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We’re getting closer to the big game between 2nd ranked LSU and 4th ranked Alabama. Starting center Ethan Pocic says he’s trying to keep his emotions in check as the team continues preparations…
The play of the offensive line will have a big say on who wins this game as the Tigers will look to establish Heisman trophy candidate Leonard Fournette. Starting guard Will Clapp says theya re ready for the challenge…