Lafayette General Health and Ochsner Health System are merging to create the largest healthcare provider in the Gulf South. Lafayette General Health System President David Callecod says the merger means a big investment into the Acadiana area.
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Callecod says the merger, which should be completed in the spring of 2020, will lead to more jobs as well.
Louisiana is one of seven states under a now federal declared fishing disaster, which makes state anglers and businesses eligible to request assistance from a 165 million dollar Congressionally approved fund. LDWF Biologist Administrator Jason Froeba says the state was included due to the devastating impact of the Bonnet Carre’s prolonged opening resulting from record high Mississippi River levels.
Mississippi and Alabama were the only other southern states to receive the declaration.
Iberia Parish Sheriff’s deputies say they solved a murder case that dates back to 1994 involving a newborn child that died outside of a car wash in Jeanerette. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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The cause of an early Army helicopter crash at Fort Polk that killed one and injured three others, remains under investigation. The names of the crew members have not yet been released.