Officials are once again warning the public about more designer drugs that are making the rounds with a high potential of overdose. Don Molino reports
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The Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence receives a grant to help victims of domestic violence in Acadiana and central Louisiana become financially stable. Halen Doughty has more…:
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Weather events in Louisiana caused a lot of destruction in 2016. Jeff Palermo looks back…
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Officials are once again warning the public about more designer drugs that are making the rounds with a high potential of overdose. East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner Dr. Beau Clark says a recent death as been confirmed to be directly related to the use of “Novel Psychoactive or Synthetic Opiod Substances.” He says they aren’t sold locally yet…:
Clark says these drugs are not new, but they are deadly chemical compounds of other drugs designed to exploit temporary loopholes in current laws. He says these chemists who create the opiod-like substances have no regard for public safety…:
Clark says one of these substances is known as “pinky” which is around 7 and a half times more potent than morphine and been associated with numerous fatalities across the US. He says they wanted to make an immediate notification to those in possession of or are considering to use any of these designer drugs…:
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The Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence has received a grant from the Allstate Foundation to set up Financial Empowerment Programs in Acadiana and Central Louisiana. Coalition Interim Executive Director Mariah Wineski says financial abuse occurs in 99-percent of domestic violence cases.
Wineski says the money will fund financial education, credit repair, and matched savings programs for domestic violence victims. She says Louisiana received $50-thousand of the grant, which totaled $1.2 million and benefited more than 40 programs across the country.
Wineski says they hope to serve over 500 people at Faith House Acadiana and Safety Net for Abused Persons. She says they are optimistic they will be able to help more victims in Louisiana achieve financial stability in the future.
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2016 will be remembered for two significant flood events, one in north Louisiana and the other in south Louisiana, which killed 13 people in August. State Climatologist Barry Keim says the north Louisiana flood event took place between March 7th and 12th. He says between 15 to 25 inches of rain fell…
In August, Keim says the state experienced an unprecedented rain event. 30-thousand people had to be rescued and nearly 150-thousand homes damaged. He says the largest rainfall total was in Livingston parish…
But once the flood waters receded, the state experienced several weeks without any rainfall, making this another unusual weather year
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A study from Bankrate-dot-com finds 52-percent of Americans do not plan on using all of their vacation days this year. The report also notes that most of the workers who are not taking all of their vacation days, will have five days or more unused. Melissa Elliot is the owner of Express Employment Professionals and she says it’s just hard for some people to get away
Elliot owns an employment services firm in Baton Rouge and Covington. She says employers like hard-working individuals, but there’s a reason why they give vacation time and many would prefer for you to use all of your days…
Elliot says this study shows that many people love what they do…
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The LSU Tigers have one more practice in Baton Rouge today and then its off to Orlando where the Bayou Bengals will complete their preparations for Saturday’s Citrus Bowl matchup with Louisville. The Cardinals are ranked 12th in the F-B-S in total defense and Tigers quarterback Danny Eltling says they look impressive on film
Former LSU quarterback Steve Ensminger will serve as the interim offensive coordinator for the bowl game and he’ll call plays one last time, before Matt Canada takes over as the O-C. Etling says he’s spoken with Canada and he’s excited about the hire…
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Louisville is known for its explosive offense and Heisman trophy winning quarterback Lamar Jackson. LSU defensive end Lewis Neal says playing the proper technique will be important on Saturday