09:30 Newscast December 10, 2015

Longtime Angola warden Burl Cain says he will step down at the end of the year. Jeff Palermo has more…

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St. Gabriel Police say two employees of the Elayn Hunt Correctional Center were arrested after one was caught having sex with an inmate. They say 41-year-old Preshous Hartford was caught in a compromising position with a male inmate on December 2nd while 52-year-old Monique Jackson stood lookout. Hartford is charged with malfeasance in office with sexual acts. Jackson is booked with malfeasance in office. Both women are no longer employed at the facility.

The Affordable Care Act’s open enrollment deadline to purchase insurance coverage that begins January 1st is December 15th. Kevin Counihan, CEO of Health Insurance Marketplaces, says the fee for choosing to not have health insurance, when you can afford it, will increase next year…

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Open enrollment ends on January 31st.

A pharmaceutical company out of Baton Rouge has created a therapeutic vaccine for prostate cancer called ProsaVax. OncBioMune Pharmaceuticals CEO Jonathan Head hopes the trial period will show that ProsaVax can allow prostate cancer patients to live a normal life while undergoing treatment…

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Head says they hope the vaccine will be widely available in three years.