Beginning next month treatments for menopause and perimenopause will be covered by insurance in Louisiana. Brooke Thorington has more.

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Hurricane Beryl is a Category 4 storm as it moves into the Caribbean. Beryl is the first hurricane in what is expected to be a very busy season. LSU climatologist Barry Keim says this early start is due to factors such as abnormally warm sea surface temperatures.

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McNeese State University has a new president. After a unanimous vote by the University of Louisiana System named Dr. Wade Rousse (rhymes with moose) as the next president of McNeese and Rousse says he could hardly sleep the night prior, as he was so excited to get to work as university president.

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And the Louisiana Farm Bureau has a new president. Ville Platte Farmer, Richard Fontenot has been elected the 13^th president of LFB. Fontenot praised the staff and acknowledged the new generation of delegates who were also elected, and vowed to work together to engage and motivate members in new ways.

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The Livingston Parish Sheriff’s office is investigating what appears to be a murder-suicide and one of the victims is a juvenile. Sheriff Jason Ard says an adult male and female are also dead. They were found dead this morning at home on West Bates Road in Livingston Parish.

Hurricane Beryl, the first hurricane in what is expected to be a very busy season, is moving into the Caribbean as a Category 4 storm. LSU climatologist Barry Keim says Beryl has already set a record for the earliest Category 4 hurricane to form in a season. Most storms of this strength hurricane occur in August.

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Keim says Beryl is likely to miss Louisiana. The National Hurricane Center expects it to make landfall in the Yucatan Peninsula sometime later this week.

After a unanimous vote, Dr. Wade Rousse (rhymes with moose) will serve as the next president of McNeese State University. Jeff Palermo has more.

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Ville Platte Farmer Richard Fontenot has been elected the 13^th president of the Louisiana Farm Bureau. Among the biggest issues Fontenot says the industry is facing is the lack of a current Farm Bill. He says farmers need that safety net to receive the financial lending they need to put their crops in.

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Daniel Callihan who confessed to killing Callie Brunett of Loranger and her 3-year-old daughter, Erin whose body was found near cages in a wooded area of Jackson, MS, and kidnapping both Erin and her sister, 6-year-old Jalie has now been charged in Federal Court. He was in a New Orleans Federal Court today and was charged with kidnapping and transporting minors for the purpose of criminal sexual activity. Callihan and his accused accomplice, Victori Cox were charged earlier this month in Mississippi and Louisiana.

The first presidential debate of the 2024 campaign season was last night, leaving Americans with a wide array of feelings about the two likely presidential nominees. Tulane Associate Professor of Political Science Brian Brox says former President Trump delivered what was expected from him…

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However, Brox says President Biden, who was looking to dispel rumors about his poor mental abilities, had much worse stage presence than Trump.

To safeguard the public from imported seafood that’s contaminated and help the state’s seafood industry, Congressman Troy Carter introduces a bill with Congressman Clay Higgins. Brooke Thorington has more.

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Hometown hero Alyson Habetz is U-L Lafayette’s new head softball coach. She was asked about several players entering the transfer portal, including Sun Belt Player of the Year Mihyia Davis, Sun Belt newcomer of the year Brooke Ellestad, Lauren Allred and catcher Victoria Valdez.

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Daniel Callihan who confessed to killing Callie Brunett of Loranger and her 3-year-old daughter, Erin whose body was found near cages in a wooded area of Jackson, MS, and kidnapping both Erin and her sister, 6-year-old Jalie was charged with kidnapping and transporting minors for the purpose of criminal sexual activity in federal court today in New Orleans. Callihan and his accused accomplice, Victori Cox were charged earlier this month in Mississippi and Louisiana.

Congressman Troy Carter introduces bipartisan legislation with Congressman Clay Higgins to protect Americans from contaminated seafood. He says foreign products that fail inspections are not destroyed but make it into the food supply. This bill empowers the FDA to destroy imports that are…

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Tulane Associate Professor of Political Science Brian Brox sized up Thursday night’s presidential debate. Mel Bridges has the details.

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New Orleans Democrat Representative Mandie Landry posted her thoughts about the presidential debate on social media. She says the differences in the personalities of President Biden and former President Trump showed and she wasn’t surprised how they came across. She believes Biden…

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The first presidential debate of the 2024 campaign season was last night, leaving Americans with a wide array of feelings about the two likely presidential nominees. Tulane Associate Professor of Political Science Brian Brox thinks this debate is only likely to swing undecided voters, and he says, this debate was more style than substance.

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However, Brox says President Biden, who was looking to dispel rumors about his poor mental abilities, had much worse stage presence than Trump.

New Orleans Democrat Representative Mandie Landry weighed in on social media with her thoughts about the presidential debate and amid talk that the Democratic Party could opt to choose another nominee instead of Biden, she still believes the current administration is the better option.

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To safeguard the public from imported seafood that’s contaminated and help the state’s seafood industry, Congressman Troy Carter introduces a bill with Congressman Clay Higgins. Brooke Thorington has more.

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Hometown hero Alyson Habetz was introduced today as U-L Lafayette’s new head softball coach. Habetz helped lead the Cajuns to the Women’s College World Series in 1993 and won a national championship in 2012 as Alabama’s associate head coach. She takes over a program that’s dominated the Sun Belt Conference but has not been to the W-C-W-S since 2014…

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A Caddo Parish Jury convicted 45-year-old Charlene Henderson guilty of Second-Degree murder Wednesday in the 2022 death of her husband, Larry Clark. Henderson took the stand in her own defense saying she feared for her life when she shot Clark, covered his body with carpet and doused it with gasoline before sending a photo of the scene to a family member. The Jury deliberated for 2 hours before coming back with a guilty verdict.

Ascension Parish deputies are investigating the murder of a Gonzales woman and have arrested her husband 50-year-old Sean Morris. Col Donald Cappello with the APSO says they received multiple 9-1-1 calls of shots being fired around 7:30 last night and when they arrived, they found 44-year-old-Brenda Morris deceased.

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Morris has been charged with second-degree murder.

Former Congressman Ralph Abraham has been named the state’s first Surgeon General and says he wants to focus first on mental health.  Sean Richardson has the story.

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The first debate for the 2024 presidential election airs on CNN tonight and political strategist James Carville says the MAGA voting base won’t be enough to help Trump return to the White House. He says in state primaries there are still Republicans voting for Niki Haley.

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Ascension Parish deputies are investigating the murder of a Gonzales woman and have arrested her husband 50-year-old Sean Morris. His is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of 44-year-old Brenda Morris that occurred Wednesday night. Col Donald Cappello says Ascension Parish is fairly blessed with a low crime rate but sadly this is the second domestic homicide they’ve investigated in the last few weeks.

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Governor Jeff Landry’s line-item vetos total four point five million dollars from non-profits. The biggest cuts are one million dollars from Catholic Charities of Acadiana that provides emergency homeless shelter operations for eight parishes, $500,000 from Teach for America that serves high needs schools and $1,000,000 from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities.

Dr. Ralph Abraham has been appointed the state’s first Surgeon General and says he wants to change policies that have been holding the state back from providing better healthcare. Currently, there are 1.7 million Louisianans enrolled in Medicaid and Abraham says the goal at LDH is to give citizens help so they can continue to work and have healthcare…

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Tonight’s the first presidential debate for the 2024 election but the candidates are the same from 2020. Brooke Thorington has more from political strategist James Carville.

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50-year-old Sean Morris of Gonzales has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder in the death of his wife, 44-year-old-Brenda Morris who was found deceased last night after several calls to 9-1-1 reported shots fired around 7:30. APSO Col Donald Cappello says Morris is no stranger to law enforcement.

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A Caddo Parish Jury convicted 45-year-old Charlene Henderson guilty of Second Degree murder in the 2022 death of her husband, Larry Clark Wednesday. Henderson took the stand in her own defense saying she feared for her life when she shot Clark, covered his body with carpet and doused it with gasoline before sending a photo of the scene to a family member. The Jury deliberated for 2 hours before coming back with a guilty verdict.

Newly appointed State Surgeon General, Dr. Ralph Abraham says mental health will be first on his list to tackle. Floods, hurricanes, and the pandemic have raised stress levels and Abraham says

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Ultimately, Abraham says he wants to change policies that have been holding the state back from providing better healthcare.

Tonight is the first debate for the 2024 presidential election and political strategist James Carville believes President Biden and former President Trump will have to bring new information to sway any decided and undecided voters

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The debate airs on CNN tonight at 8 PM.

Ascension Parish deputies are investigating the murder of a Gonzales woman and have arrested her husband 50-year-old Sean Morris. Col Donald Cappello with the APSO says they received multiple 9-1-1 calls of shots being fired around 7:30 last night and when they arrived, they found 44-year-old-Brenda Morris deceased.

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Morris has been charged with second-degree murder.

Governor Jeff Landry appointed Doctor Ralph Abraham to be the states first Surgeon General. Abraham says Louisiana spends on average the same as the country per patient…

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A Louisiana businessman says his insurance rates went up over 40% and he’s not sure how long he can take it. Mel Bridges has the story.

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Former Baton Rouge Representative Scott McKnight is running for the Public Service Commission. McKnight will seek to replace District 2 PSC Commissioner Craig Greene, who is not seeking re-election.

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McKnight served in the Louisiana House from 2020-to-2024 and unsuccessfully ran for State Treasurer last year.

Doctor Ralph Abraham has been named as the state’s first Surgeon General. Abraham was serving as Secretary for the Louisiana Department of Health. Governor Jeff Landry says in his role as Surgeon General, Abraham will look to modernize Louisiana’s healthcare and policies…

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Abraham says he wants to change policies that have been holding the state back.

Wayne Warner, the principal at Chalmette High School will have to have surgery after being attacked by a man in a wheelchair. Brooke Thorington has more.

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Three Mandeville teenagers are facing charges after allegedly stealing a woman’s LGBTQ flag from her home and burning it. St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office Lt. Suzanne Carboni says detectives have been investigating the hate crime since Memorial Day weekend

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