Governor Landry awarded Alexandria native and Louisiana Tech senior Emma Foltz with the Distinguished Civilian Service Medal for safely evacuating 14 young girls from flood waters at Camp Minden in Texas earlier this month. At a press conference this morning, Foltz was praised for her compassion and resilience. She reassured the girls as helicopters circled overhead.
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She says she and her fellow counselors made sure their campers were calm and comfortable.
Senator Bill Cassidy was on hand at the White House as President Trump signed the Halt Fentanyl Act into law. Cassidy says the new law gives law enforcement another tool to combat the fentanyl crisis.
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The new law increases penalties for trafficking not only fentanyl, but also fentanyl-related substances.
The president of Lafourche Parish is moving on next month to lead a new state office tasked with improving highway construction efficiency. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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Areas of south Louisiana are experiencing heavy rainfall as a result of a tropical disturbance. LSU Public Health Climatologist Barry Keim says it’s gloomy outside and will remain so from now until likely the end of the weekend.