Abortions in the Bayou State have decreased by 4-percent from 2015 to 2016, according to numbers by the state Department of Health. Ben Clapper with Louisiana Right to Life says this is the second year in a row that abortion numbers have dropped…:
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Louisiana Radio Network placed calls to Planned Parenthood and the Center for Reproductive Rights for comment, but they went unreturned.

A group of 21 11-month old diamondback terrapin turtles are back at a Louisiana Barrier Island after being moved during restoration work after the BP oil spill. State Wildlife and Fisheries endangered species biologist Keri Landry says the turtles had to be moved because they would not survive during the project…:
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She says terrapins are not endangered lists, but they monitor the population because they believe the animals’ numbers are slipping.

LSU Football Coach Ed Orgeron returns to SEC Football Media Day today in Hoover, Alabama. Orgeron’s last appearance was in 2007 as the head coach of Ole Miss. The Rebels went 3-9 that year and Orgeron was fired. Tiger Rag Editor Cody Worsham says Coach O will be asked numerous times today how he’s changed as a coach..:
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LSU running back Derrius Guice, wide receiver D.J. Chark and defensive end Christian LaCourture will be with Orgeron at SEC Football Media Day.

The State Fire Marshal’s Office arrests a man accused of setting a string of fires at three Wal Mart stores in Tangipahoa. They say Larry Paul Schouest Jr. allegedly set the fires while he left the stores with laptops. He is charged with charged with two counts of aggravated arson and six counts of felony theft.