The big question lingering after last night’s US Senate race debate is who were the winners and losers? Eric Gill has more on that…
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There are now two Texas health care workers who have the Ebola virus. So are Louisiana hospitals prepared to treat an Ebola patient? Jeff Palermo has the story…
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The big question lingering after last night’s US Senate race debate is who were the winners and losers? UL-Lafayette Political Science Professor Pearson Cross thinks both Senator Mary Landrieu and retired Air Force Colonel Rob Maness helped themselves last night. However, Cross doesn’t think it was a great debate overall for Congressman Bill Cassidy…
Cross says Cassidy had a couple of kinks in his performance during the debate. LSU Political Science Professor Robert Hogan says a lot of people were focusing on Cassidy’s performance last night because it was his first debate…
Hogan says Cassidy didn’t do much to dazzle voters, but he really doesn’t need to at this point. Hogan says this debate did not feature any defining moment in which the candidates were able to hit on any major theme to shake things up in the race…
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Hogan doesn’t believe this debate will change any voter’s minds, and Cross agrees. Cross says one thing that intrigued him about the debate was how much the candidates disagreed with each other on certain issues…
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A second Dallas hospital worker has tested positive for Ebola. Both workers contracted the virus while providing care to Thomas Duncan, who died from the disease a week ago today. So are Louisiana hospitals prepared to handle an Ebola patient? Louisiana Hospital Association Vice President Ken Alexander believes so, thanks to daily guidance provided by the C-D-C
National Nurses United is concerned about the new case, and questions whether nurses have been adequately trained and have the protective gear to take care of Ebola patietns. Alexander says what has happened in Texas is providing learning moments for the health care industry…
Alexander says he’s confident the health care industry in Louisiana is doing everything it can to properly prepare for Ebola cases in this state
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Louisiana State Police is investigating a fatal pedestrian accident which occurred on I-10 just before 3am in Ascension Parish. Trooper Jared Sandifer says 21-year-old April Tasker of Geismar was stopped on the side of the road next to her car when for unknown reasons she attempted to walk across the interstate…:
Sandifer says the 18-wheeler was driven by 67-year-old Wilhelm Salewski of Dayton, Texas and hew was in the left land of travel when he struck Tasker…:
Sandifer says Tasker was pronounced dead at the scene. He says it’s illegal to walk across the interstate but there are simple safety guidelines pedestrians should follow in any case…:
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The National Weather Service confirms that a tornado did indeed hit Ouachita Parish Monday. The tornado was part of the severe weather activity that did widespread damage to Monroe and West Monroe. NWS Meteorologist Bill Parker says the tornado that touched down was an EF-2…
Parker says maximum winds associated with the tornado were 125 miles per hour and the path length was nine miles. Parker says the tornado went right through the cities of West Monroe and Monroe…
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The NWS sent a team to the area yesterday to survey the damage. An EF-2 tornado has winds between 111 and 135 miles per hour. Parker says it is fortunate that the area only sustained property damage as a result of this tornado…