According to new numbers from The Louisiana Highway Safety Commission, state traffic fatalities have decreased almost 30 percent from 2007 to 2013. Executive Director Lt. Col. John LeBlanc says in the past 7 years, the number of deaths on Louisiana’s roads has dropped to about 700 in 2013. He says there is a lot of great work being done by many highway safety advocates across the state…

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LeBlanc says the motoring public also deserves credit for these improvements as seat-belt use is higher than it’s ever been at over 84%.

There’s a new child support most wanted poster produced by the state Department of Children and Family Services. It lists 14 individuals, who owe anywhere between 11-thousand to nearly 80-thousand dollars in past-due child support. D-C-F-S Secretary Suzy Sonnier says this is just one of many tools they use to get deadbeat parents to pay up…

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She says they publish the poster, so the public can help them find these deadbeat parents.

Amid a national debate over whether vaccines are harmful to children, Governor Bobby Jindal is urging all parents to have their children vaccinated. D-H-H immunization medical director, Doctor Frank Welch, says if parents are uneasy about having their child vaccinated, they should talk with their pediatrician…

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There are several celebrities who are part of an anti-vaccine movement.

The Louisiana Lottery says tonight’s $317 million dollar Powerball jackpot is the 11th biggest in the game’s history. Kimberly Chopin says Louisiana joined the Powerball in 1995 and since then we’ve had 15 jackpot winners. She says eight of those top 10 jackpots have occurred just since 2012…

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Tonight’s jackpot has a cash value of $220 million dollars.