The state Department of Health reminding parents to make sure their kids are up to date on their vaccinations as the new school year approaches. LDH Immunization director Doctor Frank Welch says students entering sixth grade also need a meningitis vaccine. He says kids have to get that shot before they’re exposed to the disease….
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Louisiana law requires children age four or older entering kindergarten, pre-k or Head Start programs to receive vaccines for polio, measles, mumps, hepatitis and chicken pox.

Today 13 chefs will compete at the Great American Seafood Cook-off at the Morial Convention Center. Lt. Governor Billy Nungesster says the cook-off highlights the great seafood produced in America as opposed to the imports…
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Bonnie Breaux of St. Martinville is Louisiana’s representative at the cook-off.

The Colorado State Hurricane Forecast team is calling for 11 named storms for the rest of the hurricane season and eight those storms will be hurricanes. State Climatologist Barry Keim says Three of the eight hurricanes are expected to be major.
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There is a 38-percent chance a major hurricane will make landfall along the Gulf Coast.

LSU has announced they are building a statue of the university’s only Heisman Trophy winner, Billy Cannon. Cannon led the Tigers to the national championship title in 1958. The 80-year-old credits the erection of the statue to the work of his former teammates, Warren Rabb and Jimmy Fields and Athletic Director Joe Alleva….
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