10:30 Newscast August 7, 2014

The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in West Africa now stands at 932, according to the World Health Organization. Medical Director for the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, Dr. Frank Welch, says there is no real threat of an outbreak in Louisiana, but as a precaution, all hospitals in the state have been alreted to the signs and symptoms of Ebola and how to do a screening…

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Welch says Ebola is not spreading in the United States.

State Police say the man accused of driving his vehicle into a home in Schriever, which killed a 2-year-old child, then fleeing the scene, was found to be heavily intoxicated at the time of the June 27th crash. They say 20-year-old Tony Milligan of Houma remains jailed on vehicular homicide and several other charges. His bond is $300,000.

Louisiana State Police says the police chief in the Vernon Parish town of Rosepine is under arrest for allegedly stalking his estranged wife. Sgt. James Anderson says they received a complaint abut 49-year-old Chief James Parrott and began the investigation last month…

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Anderson says Parrott allegedly followed his wife and another man around and also called her employer requesting that she be fired.

As summer winds down several major film projects are wrapping up across the state. Executive Director of Louisiana Entertainment, Chris Stelly, says the number of projects filmed in Louisiana has steadily increased over the past few years. He says the future of the film industry in the state looks bright…

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He says we’re currently in a standard industry lull, but projects are coming in for the last few months of the year.