The community of Jennings got together in a big way on Wednesday to welcome home an officer who was shot in the line of duty and has been in recovery since the June incident. Michelle Southern reports.
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The US Department of Energy has given final approval for Sempra Energy to export liquefied natural gas from its plant in Cameron Parish. Scott Carwile has more…
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A Slidell police officer who was involved in an off-duty wreck over the weekend has died from his injuries. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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It’s been two weeks since the state Department of Health and Hospitals ordered a chlorine burn for the St. John the Baptist Parish water system, because a potentially deadly brain-eating amoeba was detected in the water. The state’s safe drinking water administrator, Jake Causey, says efforts to increase and maintain a certain level of disinfectant is ongoing…
A lack of chlorine in the water led to the formation of the amoeba. This same brain eating amoeba has led to deaths in St. Bernard and DeSoto Parishes. Causey says once the minimum disinfectant levels are reached, they’ll continue the chlorine burn for another 60 days and sample the water at 70 different sites…
In the meantime, Causey says the water coming out of a faucet in St. John is safe to drink, even though they’ve increased chlorine levels…
(DHH advises residents to make sure tap water doesn’t go up your nose, because that’s how the bacteria can become harmful.)
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The community of Jennings got together in a big way on Wednesday to welcome home an officer who was shot in the line of duty and has been in recovery since the June incident. Jennings Police Chief Todd D’Albor says Sergeant Ricky Benoit was responding to a domestic violence call when he was shot in the neck by the suspect…:
Benoit was escorted by a caravan of State Police troopers, officers from New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Lafayette, and Crowley. The streets of Jennings were lined with well-wishers all the way to Benoit’s home which he has not seen since June 23rd. D’Albor says this officer put his life on the line for others and has never given up hope…:
The bullet came within millimeters of killing or permanently paralyzing the 25-year veteran officer. D’Albor says Benoit can now move his arms, legs and neck and can walk a short distance but a full recovery could take years. D’Albor says all officers know the risk when the swear into this job, but you never think today is my day..:
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The US Department of Energy has given final approval for Sempra Energy to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) from its plant in Cameron Parish. With this, Sempra can begin construction to expand their facility near Hackberry. Senator Mary Landrieu says this will have a big economic impact for southwest Louisiana…
Landrieu says the expansion project is expected to create about 3,000 construction jobs and as many as 150 permanent full-time jobs. With the expansion, the Cameron plant will be capable of producing up to 12 million metric tons of LNG for export. Landrieu says Sempra is ready to get this project started…
Construction is expected to begin this fall and they should be fully operational by 2019. The Senator says this is the second LNG plant to get approval in the US and both are in Cameron Parish. She says LNG exports are important for the economic future of the United States. Landrieu sees big things for the region in the future…
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The Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office says a 35-year-old man is in a medically induced coma after ingesting narcotics during an attempt to execute a search warrant. Capt. Ryan Turner says two suspects emerged from the residence and said a third person was trying to hide inside…
Turner says the officers were concerned about the safety of the suspect, Heath Duplechain. He says they called the SWAT team to intervene over concerns that Duplechain may have been armed at the time…
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The SWAT team found Duplechain in the residence unconscious, unresponsive, and in need of immediate medical attention. He was transported to a local hospital where the medical staff placed him in a medically induced coma. Turner says the amount of narcotics Duplechain ingested is unknown at this time…
(Authorities found synthetic marijuana, ecstacy, cocaine, methamphetamine, and firearms during their search of the residence.)
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The Saints are getting ready to face the Cleveland Browns this Sunday. The Browns were the talk of the preseason, because of Johnny Manziel, but he was beat out by Brian Hoyer. New Orleans Coach Sean Payton says Hoyer played well in the second half last week..
Both the Saints and Browns lost their season openers last Sunday. Payton says his guys are eager to make the necessary corrections that led to last week’s loss…
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Louisiana Tech will kick-off conference play tonight with a meeting against North Texss. Kick-off is at six o’ clock in Denton and the game can be seen on C-B-S Sports Network. The Bulldogs are coming off a big win over U-L Lafayette, while the Mean Green beat up on SMU last week. Tech head coach Skip Holtz says he’s impressed with North Texas’ power running game
North Texas beat Louisiana Tech 28-13 last season. Holtz says last season the Mean Green held running back Kenneth Dixon to 25 yards on 12 carries