The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival gets underway today in the Big Easy…:
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East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner Dr. Beau Clark says a drug more deadly than heroin is hitting the streets in Louisiana. He says it’s called pink and wants the public to be aware that drug dealers aren’t concerned with what they are selling when it comes to this drug’s potency…:
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He says pink is a synthetic opioid combined with Fentanyl.

North Louisiana is reportedly getting a new medical school at ULM, and it’s expected that enrollment would begin in the fall semester of 2019. Word is that the school signed with a New York based institution for the The College of Osteopathic medicine. ULM President Dr. Nick Bruno says this new med school could offer a lot of opportunities to students…:
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He says this partnership could help improve the health sciences programs already offered at ULM.

The Jacksonville Jaguars have drafted former LSU running back Leonard Fournette with the 4th pick of the first round. The New Orleans native left LSU as one of the all-time greats in the program, rushing for 3,380 yards, a 6.2 yard per carry average and 40 touchdowns. Two picks later, the New York Jets took safety Jamal Adams. It’s the first time since 2007 that two LSU players were selected within the first six picks of the NFL draft.