An active shooter training in Ascenion Parish today will be as realistic as possible so attendees can put their new skills to the test. Brooke Thorington has more.
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New legislation introduced by Senator Bill Cassidy aims to incentivize Medicare Part D recipients to choose cheaper generic prescriptions when available. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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Democrats reveal an Impeachment vote will be held on the grounds the President abused his office, and committed obstruction. Matt Doyle has more…
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This week in Ascension Parish, LSU is holding an Active Threat Integrated Response Course for their LSU National Center for Biomedical Research and Training/Academy of Counter Terrorist Education Instructors. These instructors work with local law enforcement and first responders on how to provide care during active shooter incidents. NCBRT/ACE Public Affairs Manager Kris Wartelle.
Wartelle says by cross training police with medical skills they are able to potentially save more lives when a mass shooting events happen, especially when a hostage event is taking place. Before each responder focused only on their specific training.
Law enforcement officers and medical personnel are able to test out their new skills from the course during an active training exercise.
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Since 2018, the course has provided thousands of law enforcement officers and emergency personnel valuable skills to use in mass shooting situations.
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Senator Bill Cassidy introduces new legislation aimed at incentivizing Medicare Part D recipients to choose generic prescriptions when available. Cassidy says if the Medicare program can save money with the use of lower cost drugs that are just as effective by enticing them with a cut of the savings, it gives patients a reason to care.
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Cassidy says a patient is just as well off using cheaper generic drugs compared to the more expensive name brand drugs and adds if someone has been on a specific name brand medication for years, there is a good chance it is available as a generic now.
Cassidy says he’d like to keep things simple in how the incentive paid out to patients.
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Two Articles of Impeachment were revealed yesterday, one accusing the President of abusing the power of his office, and the other accusing him of obstruction of justice.
Senator John Kennedy says despite some of the earlier claims of Democrats casting a wide impeachment net…
Impeachment has spent the week in House Judiciary, home to Louisiana Congressmen Cedric Richmond and Mike Johnson.
Kennedy expects Democrats to vote within the week on Impeachment, and he expects the vote to clear the House. Afterward the Senate will take up a full trial on removing the President from office.
Kennedy says the trial will take a minimum of two weeks, with it possibly lasting as long as five to six weeks.
The Senator says he’s been troubled by the process so far, saying unleashing the partisan nuclear option of Impeachment will backfire on a potential future Democratic President…
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A Webster Parish inmate was shot after allegedly stealing a vehicle and escaping while on work detail at the Webster Parish school board. Webster Parish Sheriff Gary Sexton says after an all-night search, authorities located 40-year-old Norman Guthrie, then he lead officers on a high-speed chase in Bossier City.
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Sexton says Guthrie was set to be released in March after serving time for aggravated battery, theft of a motor vehicle, and failure to appear charges.
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Sexton says a motive for the attempted escape is unclear.
Guthrie now faces charges of vehicle theft, simple escape, traffic violations from the pursuit, plus he may be facing attempted murder charges for trying to use a vehicle as a weapon against police.
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Joe Burrow’s seemingly inevitable march to winning LSU’s first Heisman got a boost this week thanks to former Purple and Gold legend, cornerback Tyrann Mathieu. The former Heisman finalist narrates a new hype video produced by the school celebrating Burrow’s status as an icon…
Joe Brady, the Tiger’s passing game coordinator who helped craft the Burrow run, record-breaking offense this year took home the Broyles Award for best assistant coach in the nation yesterday.
The NFL’s leading candidate for MVP, Ravens QB and former Heisman winner Lamar Jackson is also in Burrow’s corner. When asked who should take home the award…
The award will be handed out Saturday night in New York.