We have two sad stories out of southeast Louisiana. Earlier today in New Orleans, searchers believed to be the body of 12-year-old Bryan Vasquez, a non-verbal autistic child that has been missing since August 14th. It’s believed the child wandered away from his home, but NOPD Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick says foul play has not been ruled out…
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In Tangipahoa Parish, 54-year-old Barry West is facing four counts of attempted murder after he allegedly shot at another vehicle striking a 17-year-old woman in the head, who was seven months pregnant, in the head. Sheriff Gerald Sticker says the victim was rushed to the hospital, where she gave birth to her child…
But Sticker says the 17-year-old mother is on life support and it’s believed the shooting was sparked by road rage.
What health impacts are coming out of the chemical plant explosion in Tangipahoa Parish? Andrew Greenstein talked with an environmental expert for some insight.
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The Kisatchie National Forest says the Backbone Fire in the Kisatchie Hills Wilderness Area in Natchitoches Parish is now 100-percent contained. The trails within the Wilderness area have been reopened. A lighting strike on August third started the wildfire. The fire burned more than 24-hundred acres.