Even though the Gulf Coast has seen its fair share of hurricanes, the US Census Bureau has released new data that shows the population of coastline counties has increased by more than three million people or nearly 25-percent from 2000 to 2016. Demographer Greg Rigamer says jobs are driving the population growth….
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Louisiana State Police have applied for two federal grants to improve school safety in the wake of the deadly shooting at a Florida high school that left 17 dead. Governor John Bel Edwards says he has a 19-member commission evaluating safety measures…
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Edwards says the federal school safety grants could pay for more metal detectors and programs to address mental health issues.

A report from LSU Health New Orleans researchers indicates obese women may be able to prevent their children from falling prey to adolescent obesity by eating a healthy diet when pregnant. LSU School of Public Health Professor Dr. Richard Scribner says if further research confirms the results, you can add high sugar, processed foods to the list of no go’s for pregnant women.
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The team took a trip to the Caribbean island of Grenada, and discovered that obesity rates spiked in adults there, but not the school children they studied, because mothers consumed healthy diets while pregnant.

The Orleans Coroner’s office will determine if the female body pulled from Lake Ponchartrain last night is that of 32-year-old Sadie Thibodeaux. The Baton Rouge woman recently moved to New Orleans and was reported missing Sunday night when an unmanned sailboat was discovered. Authorities say Thibodaux was on that boat with another man, who was rescued Monday. The coroner will also determine a cause of death.