As parents are loading up backpacks with supplies for the new school year, health experts say what students really need is a good night’s sleep. Halen Doughty has more…
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In a UNO poll of 600 likely voters, about one half of people approve of Governor John Bel Edwards job performance. Emelie Gunn has more…
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Kids and parents are gearing up for the start of the new school year, and that means getting back in the school routine. LSU Health New Orleans Clinical Pediatrics professor, Dr. Cory Hebert, says if parents haven’t started getting their kids adjusted to a school sleep schedule, they should. He says the most important thing for parents to do is practice good sleep hygiene.
Hebert says parents should limit the amount of caffeine their children have, especially right before bedtime, to make sure they get enough sleep. He says the amount of sleep a child needs depends on their age.
Hebert says parents can help their children adjust to new bedtimes by going to bed at the same time as them. He says lack of sleep can cause a child to act out in class, and it can even affect their grades.
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A poll from the University of New Orleans finds that 49-percent of Louisiana residents surveyed give Governor John Bel Edward positive marks in his performance for his nearly eight months in office. UNO Pollster Ed Chervenak says they surveyed 600 likely voters and his favorability rating seems to be rising…
Chervenak says they conducted a poll in February and Edwards had an approval rating of 43-percent. He says in this latest poll, women were more approving of Edwards than men.
The UNO survey found that just over one third of the respondents gave a negative review of his job performance and 15-percent had no opinion. Chervenak says an approval rating near 50-percent isn’t bad for a Democrat in a red state.
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A phone survey on hurricane preparedness is being conducted by LSU, and the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness is urging residents of southeast Louisiana to participate. Mike Steele with GOHSEP says participants will be asked about their evacuation plans in case of a hurricane.
Steele says LSU will perform the survey over the next three months. He says the results of the poll will help GOHSEP and other state agencies help residents in southeast Louisiana evacuate.
Steele says calls will be made to residents who live in southeastern Louisiana and “LSU” will appear as the caller ID. He says survey calls will be made to both cell phones and land lines and take about 22 minutes to complete.
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A Luling man has been arrested after shooting his estranged father-in-law in the chest. St. Charles Parish Sheriff Greg Champagne says 30-year-old William Canada, Jr is charged with three counts of attempted first degree murder for shooting into the home of his estranged wife’s parents where she was staying. He says Canada showed up at their home at around 4 in the morning the father-in-law was watching TV in the living room.
Champagne says the bullet that hit the father didn’t penetrate his chest cavity because it first went through a door and sofa. He says Canada fled the scene but left behind a makeshift Molotov cocktail and some form of accelerant. The Sheriff says they are searching Canada’s residence.
Champagne says after Canada and his wife separated, he went into a depression. He says Canada went into rehab for an addiction to Oxycodone after suffering head trauma while serving in the military and quit his job at Valero oil refinery two weeks ago.
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There have been 27 shooting deaths in Shreveport this year. Corporal Marcus Hines says the latest victim is 15-year-old Desmon Bell, who was found dead inside a home from a gunshot wound to the head. He says they still don’t know the shooter and witnesses aren’t cooperating…:
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A $1,000 reward is being offered for information on this crime. Hines says 27 murders so far this year is a high number, but most of them are not just random acts of violence…: