A LaFourche Parish Councilman was arrested after violating a restraining order… against another councilman.
Cut 2 (30) “I’m Matt Doyle”
Eleven law enforcement officers from various parishes are taking part in a new sniper school hosted by the Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office. The forty hour course is for designated marksmen involved in situations involving active shooters, hostages and barricades. They will also receive training in shooting moving targets, sniper deployment, maintaining data books, and range estimation.
A new report says Louisiana has the sixth highest adult obesity rate in the nation as 36-percent of the adult population is obese, up 23-percent in 2000 and 12-percent in 1990. The state is also ranked eighth in obesity for the age group between 10 and 17. CEO of Trust for America’s Health, John Auerbach says the state needs to do better to encourage healthier lifestyles.
The National Hurricane Center gives a broad area of low pressure in the central Gulf of Mexico a high chance of developing into a tropical depression before it makes landfall on the south Texas coast. Roger Erickson, with the National Weather Service, says it’s unlikely this tropical disturbance can ramp up quickly into a hurricane, but the system is moving into an area that will allow for the shower activity to become better organized