The body of a missing 6-year-old was found in a Lafayette Parish pond early this morning. Michelle Southern has the tragic story…
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The Louisiana Department of Health announces that 305-thousand residents have health insurance through Medicaid. The eligibility requirements for the government paid for insurance was expanded on July 1st. L-D-H Secretary Rebekah Gee says nearly 12-thousand adulits have received preventive health care services.

The state department of environmental quality is testing the water on the Bogue Chitto River in St. Tammany Parish, after six million gallons of storm water diluted sewage rushed into the rive when a levee beached at the Brookhaven, Mississippi sewage plant. State Health Officer Doctor Jimmy Guidry says the levee breach has been fixed…
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Guidry says they are asking residents to stay out of the Bogue Chitto for the time being.

Livingston School Superintendent Rick Wentzel says about 95-percent of their students have returned to the classroom, despite the massive flood damage throughout the parish. Wentzel says the high percentage of students back is a testament to the community and school system…
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