LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center is participating in a new clinical research study that will be testing a new drug that could slow the progression of Alzheimer’s Disease….

CUT 9 (12) Q: “number signaling”

According to Pennington Doctor Jeffery Keller,this could modify the pace of the disease in patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimers.

DOTD is currently implementing bridge inspections of the I-10 over the Atchafalaya Basin between Whiskey Bay and Mile marker 117, and tomorrow there will be a both lane westbound closure from 7 am until 2pm.
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That’s DOTD Spokesman Rodney Mallet.

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The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says visitors to False River and residents along the water are happy about the planned man-induced draw-down of the lake which begins today…

CUT 6 (14) “throughout the lake”

That’s LDWF Director of Inland Fisheries Mike Wood, who says the water levels be lowered 2 to 2 and a half feet over the next 3 weeks.

Democratic Incumbant Senator Mary Landrieu is facing an ethics complaint filed by the state GOP, charging her with billing her Senate office for flights to campaign fundraisers. Critics point to some $9,000 in reimbursements that were from tax-payer dollars, and questions about $20 thousand dollars for airfare. Landrieu called it a “bookkepping mistake.”