The Louisiana Children’s Trust Fund is inviting you to “Put The Phone Down.” Executive Director Ursula Anderson says the statewide campaign is actually not about refraining from using cell phones while driving – it’s about reducing the use of cell phones altogether.
Cut 3 (11) “…for our children.”
Anderson says excessive cell phone use has proven to have adverse effects on children, leading to increased anxiety, depression and behavioral problems.
A teen is shot and killed in Eunice over the holiday weekend. Police Chief Kyle LeBouef says sometime after nine Sunday night, someone called police to report a group of teens wearing masks and hoodies walking around, with some carrying guns. A short time later, police got another call, saying that someone had been shot.
Cut 6 (03) “…upper torso area.”
That victim was identified as 18-year-old Frederick Stevens Jr., and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
The largest field hospital in history was set up at LSU 20 years ago to provide care after Hurricane Katrina. Dr. Matthew Giglia (JIL-lyah) volunteered there as an undergraduate. He says Katrina showed him that while dealing with a disease, you’re also dealing with a human…
Dr. Giglia is now chief of surgery at Ochsner MD Anderson Cancer Center in Baton Rouge.
Registration for the new round of the Louisiana Fortify Homes grant program is now open. Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple says the program is limited to those who live in the coastal zone, as well as Lake Charles, Sulphur and Westlake.
Cut 23 (07) “…in South Louisiana.”
Registration closes Friday, September 12th, then recipients will be chosen by random drawing.