Parts of Ouachita parish are still underwater, as the Monroe area received over two feet of rain in the recent flooding event. Halen Doughty has more…
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Fewer Louisiana medical school graduates are choosing to stay in the state for their residencies, according to Dr. Steve Nelson, Dean of the School of Medicine at LSU Health New Orleans. Jeff Palermo has more…
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Two more Disaster Recovery Centers opened today, one in Monroe and the other in Slidell. Mike Steele, with the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, says at these centers, flood survivors can find personnel from all of the agencies involved in disaster recovery, as well as small business administrators with information about low-interest loans…
Steele says the volunteer groups will be able to help people with their immediate needs, like clean up. He says these centers will be open from 8 to 6 Monday through Saturday, and noon to five on Sunday. The first one opened up last week in Bossier City and Steele says more centers should open soon.
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Steele says people can still report their damage online at emergency-dot-la-dot-gov. He says people do not have to go to one of these centers to register for federal aid.
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Two weeks after Louisiana’s major flooding event, much of Ouachita parish is still underwater. Neal Brown, Director of Ouachita Parish Homeland Security, says rivers and bayous throughout the parish are still cresting, which means the water has nowhere to go right now.
Brown says his biggest concern is the high water putting pressure on levees around neighborhoods that were not meant to hold that much water for so long. He says when the water does start to drain, it could be bad for nearby parishes.
Brown says people are coming together and across the country to help. He says seeing volunteers in the area helps keep people in high spirits.
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Only 51% of LSU Health New Orleans medical graduate are staying in Louisiana for their residencies. Dr. Steve Nelson, Dean of the School of Medicine at LSU Health New Orleans, says that’s a significant drop from previous years.
Nelson says the drop in grads staying in the state is due to Louisiana’s budget concerns. He says 70% of Louisiana doctors trained at an LSU facility, so losing those doctors could be detrimental to the state’s healthcare system.
Nelson says a lack of doctors will make it harder for people, especially since the governor is looking at expanding the state’s Medicaid program. Forty percent of LSU Health Shreveport grads and only 10% of Tulane grads will take residencies in Louisiana. Nelson says 50% of LSU Health New Orleans graduates are entering primary care in Louisiana, which is a good thing.
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Two giraffes at the Baton Rouge Zoo died over the weekend, and workers are heartbroken. Sam Winslow, the zoo’s general curator, says one of the giraffes, a 24-year-old named Hope, was receiving treatment for a chronic illness. He says when severe storms moved in, they were forced to put another female into a stall with a male she’s normally not with…:
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The 30-year-old female giraffe named Mopani was knocked over by a male giraffe named Roan which caused injuries that led to her death. Winslow says Hope’s condition worsened and she had to be euthanized. He says it’s hard enough losing one animal to an illness you’ve been working so long to treat…:
Winslow said Roan and Mopani generally got along fine and their keepers would never put them together if they thought there was a chance of conflict. He says they’ve been criticized for moving Mopani, but she needed shelter from the thunderstorm…
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LSU’s Ben Simmons has told ESPN he is entering his name into the NBA Draft and he’ll hire an agent soon. Simmons will mostly likely be the number one overall pick in June. Tiger Rag Editor Cody Worsham says statistically, Simmons had one of the best seasons in college basketball history, but he was not able to lead the Tigers to the NCAA Tournament…
Simmons averaged 19 points, 12 rebounds and five assists in his only season in a Tigers uniform. But since LSU missed the NCAA Tournament, many fans wonder if it was worth having a one-and-done player. Worsham says it remains to be seen if it was a good thing that Simmons played for the Tigers…