The environmental group Bucket Brigade says they plan a peaceful protest of a planned gas pipeline in south Louisiana…:
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Power has been restored after an outage at the Atlanta Airport grounded hundreds of flights yesterday and today, affecting many Louisiana residents who are traveling. A tweet early Monday from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport said the security lines are open. Delta was the hardest hit airline and they urge travelers to use its mobile app for booking assistance and updated flight status.
The LSU AgCenter says it’s made a breakthrough in research on chronic wasting disease, mad cow disease and a disorder called C-J-D that leads to dementia. Dr. Frank Bastian says C-J-D develops in persons between 40 and 80 years old, and ninety percent of those infected die with a few weeks to a year…:
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He says they’ve developed a way to grow the bacteria that causes these fatal diseases which will make it possible to develop tests and vaccines.
The Vernon Parish Sheriff’s Office is asking the public for help finding Mary Darlene Howard’s killer, 37 years later. Sheriff Sam Craft says 15-year-old Howard was found dead April 27th, 1980 in the woods in Leesville close to Fort Polk, and the cold case has been reopened.
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He says in the coming months, they will also reopen other cold cases in Vernon Parish.