State health officials are responding to a mumps outbreak involving LSU students. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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Governor John Bel Edwards approves the deployment of 23 State Fire Marshal deputies and personnel to Puerto Rico to assist in the recovery from recent earthquakes. The Urban Search and Rescue specialist will survey and access about 12,000 damaged buildings on the two-week mission.
A slow-moving cold front is providing the state with active weather today. There is a chance for a wintry mix of precipitation in the northwest corner of the state, including the Shreveport area, and severe weather throughout most of the state. State Climatologist Barry Keim says by tomorrow afternoon the front should be clear of the state and chilly air will settle in.
A survey by Innovet Pet reveals that one in three Louisiana pet owners struggles financially to care for their animals. Elizabeth Sprang, Director of Southern Animal Foundation, a nonprofit vet clinic in New Orleans, Sprang, can assist low-income pet owners at her clinic but admits it’s a challenge.