Weather events in Louisiana caused a lot of destruction in 2016. Jeff Palermo looks back…:
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The woman who was killed by a train in the Sabine Parish town of Zwolle has been identified as 57-year-old Kimberly Stonedale of New Orleans. Officials say they obtained surveillance video from the train which showed Stonedale walking towards it with her hands up holding a beer can. Toxicology reports are pending.

The working year ends on Friday and some employees are finding themselves with vacation days they didn’t use so they will lose. According to BankRate.com, 52-percent of Americans do not use all of their paid time off. Melissa Elliot is the owner of Express Employment Professionals says this study shows people love what they do…:
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She also says sometimes it’s just hard to get away.

There are more designer drugs making the rounds online that have the potential to be deadly. East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner Dr. Beau Clark says this time it’s Synthetic opiod and the chemists that create the substance have no regard for public safety…:
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Clark says these drugs are not new, but they are deadly chemical compounds of other drugs designed to exploit temporary loopholes in current laws.