The LSU Health Tumor Registry discovers the rate of colon cancer in Acadiana is among the highest in the United States. Michelle Southern has the story…
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Gas prices keep dropping and we can expect that trend to continue. Michelle Southern reports.
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An arrest has been made in the case of the woman in Houma who was found dead under a house just before 1am Friday. Chief Todd Duplantis says they learned 22-year-old Dashanta Brown and her boyfriend, 41-year-old Michael Tucker, had been involved in a huge fight at the victim’s residence…:
Duplantis says Tucker was located in this home this morning and he was arrested for second degree murder. Brown’s cause of death has not yet been determined pending results of an autopsy. Duplantis says the altercation took place at the victim’s home…:
Duplantis says they are working to determine if the suspect moved his girlfriend to that location after he allegedly killed her…:
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A new leader has been chosen to oversee higher education in Louisiana. Joseph Rallo, who is a Texas Tech System administrator, has has been picked by the Board of Regents as the state’s next Higher Education Commissioner. Rallo says the challenges here in Louisiana are the same as you see nationally
Rallo’s job as higher ed commissioner will be to oversee the implementation of policies enacted at colleges and universities statewide. He’ll also be a voice for Louisiana’s four-year institutions at the state legislature, something he’s confident he can handle
Rallo hopes to be on the job full-time by January. He says once in Baton Rouge he’ll look at the need for tuition hikes and state funding for the TOPS scholarship….
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Louisianians are enjoying super low prices at the pump these days and analysts say expect to pay even less as the year goes on. Friday the current statewide average for a gallon of regular gas is $3.09 down two pennies from the night before. Don Redman with the American Automobile Association says summer’s over and demand is down…:
Redman says there’s potential we could see prices the lowest they’ve been since 2010 when the average price in October was $2.68 cents a gallon. Wall Street had what some say was their worst day of the year Thursday and Redman says the economy and fuel prices go hand and glove…:
Redman says usually when gas prices tumble it’s a sign that there is something going on with the economy…:
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The LSU Health tumor registry has found colon cancer rates in the Acadiana parishes are among the highest in the United States. The study was led by Doctor Jordan Karlitz, who is also at the Tulane University of Medicine and he says their research focused on 18 parishes in the Acadiana area and colorectal cancer rates were significantly higher than both Louisiana and US rates….
Karltiz says colorectal cancer rates are high in French speaking homes in Acadiana and those families with a Cajun heritage, which raises the possibility of a genetic predisposition. But he says more research is needed…
Karlitz says another possible explanation could be contained within the environment….