Governor Landry awards Alexandria native and Louisiana Tech senior Emma Foltz with the Distinguished Civilian Service Medal for her role in safely evacuating 14 young girls from flash flooding at Camp Mystic in Texas. Landry says it is the highest honor to bestow on a civilian.
The president of Lafourche Parish is moving on to become the head of the newly-created Office of Louisiana Highway Construction. Archie Chaisson will step down as parish president August 4th after five and a half years at the helm – during which time he led the parish during some trying times.
Cut 8 (08) “…a couple sinkholes.”
The office was created through the passage of HB 640.
Much of South Louisiana will be in for a very wet few days, as a disturbance currently off the coast of Mississippi gets set to make its way westward. LSU Public Health Climatologist Barry Keim says high winds were never going to be a factor, but heavy rainfalls will still be in certain parts of South Louisiana.
Cut 13 (13) “…areas even higher.”
Senator Bill Cassidy joined President Trump at the White House as he signed the Halt Fentanyl Act into law. Cassidy says a major component of this new law is that it holds people accountable for trafficking fentanyl-related substances.
Cut 5 (09) “…it’s still fentanyl.”
Cassidy says drug overdoses are the leading cause of death for people 18 to 45 years old, with fentanyl accounting for a large majority of them.