Former Marksville marshal Norris Greenhouse Jr. was formally sentenced today for his involvement in the shooting death of 6-year-old Jeremy Mardis. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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After a search warrant, police found the LSU fraternity pledge who passed away last month may have drunk an excessive amounts of alcohol by playing a drinking game. Emelie Gunn has more…
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The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Depression number 16 has formed in the southwestern Caribbean Sea and move into the Gulf of Mexico this weekend as Tropical Storm Nate. State Climatologist Barry Keim says the the storm has the potential to strengthen into a hurricane…
The official forecast track calls for this system to become a hurricane and make landfall this weekend anywhere between the Alabama-Mississippi line to Tampa, Florida. Keim says it’s not too late in the season for a hurricane in the Gulf….
Keim says there is a lot of uncertainty with this tropical system in the Carribbean, so he advises Louisiana residents to monitor future forecasts…
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Police records indicate the LSU fraternity pledge who died last month may have consumed an excessive amount of alcohol as a result of a drinking game. Legal analyst Tim Meche says Louisiana has a law that holds someone responsible for causing an overdose by injecting or consuming illegal drugs but there isn’t a similar statute for alcohol, so he says the fraternity members involved may not face felony charges.
Meche says to charge these students with a hazing crime, would also be difficult. He says it’s a relatively new statute and not many regulations are attached to it.
Meche says he doesn’t expect any new laws following Max Gruver’s death, because the alcohol and beverage lobby in Louisiana is one of the most powerful in the nation.
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If you’ve been feeling more allergy symptoms than normal for this time of year, fall allergies are expected to be worse for sufferers thanks to hotter, muggier weather. Dr. Sanjay Kamboj is an Allergy and Immunology Associate Professor at LSU Health New Orleans. He says ragweed counts are high right now, and they’re seeing more and more patients coming in with worse symptoms…:
Kamboj says if you’re prone to bad allergies, there are several things you can do to prevent symptoms. He says you should clean your nose twice a day with saline nasal spray, then follow with nasal steroids…:
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Kamboj says if over-the-counter remedies do not seem to work, and avoidance of fall pollen is not enough, that’s when it’s time to see an allergist. He says in terms of prevention, keeping windows and doors closed and running the air conditioning should help….:
LSU Health New Orleans measures pollen in the air and reports counts every day.
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State Police are awaiting autopsy results on an infant that was found dead in a dumpster in Tensas Parish. Media reports say the grisly discovery was made at Tensas Elementary School. Senior Trooper Michael Reichardt says once the autopsy is completed they’ll have a better idea what happened…
Reichardt says the infant was found dead Monday morning…
Reichardt says they anticipate they’ll have more information soon…
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