08:30 Newscast September 3, 2014

State Police has been asked by the Department of Health and Hospitals to investigate inconsistencies in water quality reporting in St. John the Baptist Parish. Scott Carwile reports…:
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LSP reports a fatal accident happened around 2:30am this morning in St. James Parish on Highway 61 south of I-10. They say 53-year-old Bobby Garantine of Gonzales lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a tree on the drivers side which became partially submerged in water. The man was unrestrained at the time and died from his injuries at a local hospital according to investigators.

A couple from Walker in Livingston Parish admits to being on OxyContin when they left their 6 month old in a locked hot car for almost an hour at Wal-Mart in June. The father, 35-year-old Billy Arthur Henry got four years at hard labor and the mother received a suspended sentence so she won’t go to jail according to Walker Police Captain John Sharp…:
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Lana Henry has been placed on probation.

A new study from Vanderbilt University, finds college football coaches are worth their high salaries because of the value they bring to the school they work for compared to company CEOs. Study Co-Author Randall Thomas, a Vandy business and law professor, says the job of a coach, versus a CEO is much easier to judge…:
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He says man NCAA programs are extremely valuable so the coach should be paid well.