A new report has Louisiana’s adult obesity rate at 37-percent, which is the fourth-highest in the nation. Jeff Palermo has the story…

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Livingston Parish Sheriff’s deputies arrest a man after taking two school buses for a spin. Kevin Barnhart has the story.

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The National Hurricane Center says there is a high chance we’ll see tropical development from a wave north of Haiti. National Weather Service Slidell Meteorologist Tim Destri says the system is expected to move northwest towards Florida.

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Destri says the system is expected to have minimal effects on Louisiana but could bring some rain if the developing storm tracks more westward.

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Destri says if Louisiana sees any rain from the system, the timing likely will not impact any college football plans for this weekend.

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Trust for America’s Health says the U-S Obesity rates are at historic highs, with nine states reaching an adult obesity rate above 35-percent. Louisiana’s adult obesity rate is at 37-percent, fourth highest in the nation. President of T-F-A-H John Auerbach says to reverse the trend more than just one or two things need to change

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Auerbach recommends sugary drink taxes and expanded SNAP and WIC nutrition support programs as ways to combat the obesity epidemic

Cut 7 (12)“. makes sense” 

Auerbach says obesity puts people at risk for type two diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke and many types of cancers. He says obesity is also estimated to increase national healthcare spending by 149-million dollars a year…

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A Denham Springs man is arrested after taking two school buses for a late-night joy ride.  Livingston Parish Sheriff Jason Ard says the suspect 30-year-old Zachary Anderson was identified after cameras on one of the buses captured the culprit’s image.

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A warrant was issued, but Anderson posted on Facebook that he would turn himself in, before doing so.  Ard says a motive is unclear.

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Ard credits the work of the community for the ability to swiftly track down the suspect.

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A Sam Houston High School Student is behind bars after threatening to shoot his fellow classmates in Moss Bluff. Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office Spokesperson Kim Myers says deputies arrested a fifteen-year-old Tuesday.

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Detectives spoke with the suspect and confirmed he did make the threats when students were present.

Myers says they might not know if the student the intended to carry thru with the threat or not but the students took the threat seriously and reported it to the school resource officer.

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Classmates said the teen made a threat to shoot up the school at a later date. Myers credits the students reporting the incident to the school resource officer and that officer reacting to the incident.

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The teen was booked at the Juvenile Detention Center and charged with terrorizing.

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A statewide poll finds that most voters approve of the job performance of various elected officials. Kevin Barnhart has more.
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The National Hurricane Center says there is a high chance of we’ll see tropical development from a tropical wave north of Haiti. National Weather Service Slidell Meteorologist Tim Destri says the system is expected to move slowly toward the northwest towards Florida.
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Destri says the system could some rain to Louisiana if it heads West

New U-S Census Bureau data shows Louisiana’s uninsurance rate has dropped to eight-percent. In 2013, it was doubled that number. Louisiana Budget Project executive director Jan Moller says the expansion of the Medicaid program in 2016 has led to more people receiving coverage, while states that chose not to expand Medicaid have some of the highest uninsurance rates…
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Quarterback Joe Burrow’s incredible 82-percent completion percentage may be thanks in part to some cutting edge technology that LSU used over the summer to track receivers’ optimal routes based on their eye strength. Director of Athletic Training Jack Marucci wanted to find out why the team dropped so many passes last season. He says the answer was inspired by another sport.
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So he studied film to discover which routes produced the best outcomes for each receiver, and then hooked those receivers up to 14,000 dollar goggles to test the hypothesis.

Louisiana’s uninsured rate dropped to eight percent in 2018, which is about a full point below the national average. Louisiana Budget Project Director Jan Moller says the uninsured rate has been cut in half since 2013 thanks to Governor Edwards’ decision to expand the Medicaid program
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The uninsured rate in 2013 was 16.6 percent in Louisiana per the Census Bureau.

The Louisiana Public Service Commission votes to lower financial incentive that future rooftop solar customers will get when they sell excess energy generated to power companies. Solar installers say this will kill their future business, but P-S-C Chairman Mike Francis says customers who do not have solar panels were subsidizing the program and it’s not fair to them…
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A poll of 500 Louisiana chronic voters finds that 54-percent of them approve of Governor Edwards’s job performance. President Donald Trump received the same approval rating in the survey. Bernie Pinsonat conducted the poll…
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Edwards’s disapproval rating is 42-percent.

LSU’s offense is the talk of college football and Matt Doyle reports new technology has helped produce the early results…
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New data from the U-S Census Bureau shows Louisiana’s uninsured rate has dropped again, while the national uninsured rate increased.
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The National Hurricane Center says there’s a high chance a tropical disturbance near the Bahamas will develop into a depression or named storm over the next five days. The forecast model for Invest 95 has shifted east in the latest update and has the system moving toward Florida, but forecasters are advising Gulf Coast to be vigilant.

On a 3-2 vote, the Public Service Commission approves new rules on what is known as net metering. The change lowers the amount power companies will pay future solar users that feed their excess energy into the grid from 10 cents per kilowatt-hour to 4 cents. PSC member Foster Campbell voted against the measure.
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But utility companies say the current rules result in higher costs for consumers who do not have solar panels because they are helping to subsidize the program.

Republican Senior U-S Senator Bill Cassidy is up for re-election next year and a new poll shows his approval rating at 59-percent. Pollster Bernie Pinsonat says that’s a good number for Cassidy…
cut 5 (12) “….with white voters”
Senator John Kennedy also has an approval rating of 59-percent among chronic Louisiana voters.

The Public Service Commission votes for new net-metering rules, which means future solar panel owners will receive less money from utility companies for energy the homeowner generates and sells to the electricity provider. Opponents to the changes say this will kill the solar industry, but P-S-C member Craig Greene says the new rules removes are fairer….
cut 10 (12) “….another 15 years”

54-percent of Louisiana voters polled say President Donald Trump is doing a good job. Pollster Bernie Pinsonat surveyed 500 chronic voters last week…
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Governor Edwards approval rating is also at 54-percent.

The number of Louisiana residents that do not have health insurance has decreased by 19-thousand over the last year. The U-S Census Bureau says eight-percent of Louisiana residents are uninsured. Louisiana Budget Project director Jan Moeller credits the expansion of the Medicaid program…
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While Louisiana’s uninsured rate dropped, nationally it went up.

LSU’s offense is the talk of college football as Quarterback Joe Burrow and his receivers are tough to stop. This summer, LSU had their receivers catch 10-thousand passes and used special goggles to study their ocular dominance. LSU’s Director of Athletics Jack Marucci says the data helped develop a passing scheme that has players run routes that matches their field of vision. For example, senior receiver Derrick Dillon…
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A statewide poll finds that most voters approve of the job performance of various elected officials. Kevin Barnhart has more.
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The National Hurricane Center is now giving the tropical disturbance in the Bahamas a high chance of developing into at least a tropical depression over the weekend as it moves northwest. Models differ on whether this system gets into the gulf or just heads up the eastern seaboard like Hurricane Dorian.

The Public Service Commission has voted to reduce what utility companies will have to pay to future solar panel owners who produce more electricity than they use. P-S-C member Foster Campbell voted against it because he says it takes an incentive away for homeowners to produce clean energy…
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But supporters of the net metering change say this strikes a fair balance because it reduces the amount of money non-solar customers are having to pay in rates to utility companies to compensate for solar customers.

So far LSU’s offense has been clicking with very few dropped passes. Over the summer, LSU Director of Athletic Training Jack Marucci says they used 14-thousand dollar goggles on their receivers to test how their eyes were focusing on the football…
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A statewide poll finds that 47-percent of voters support Governor John Bel Edwards as he seeks a second term in office. If Edwards reaches 50-percent, plus one on October 12th, he wins the election outright without a runoff. Pollster Bernie Pinsonat says the key for Edwards is to hold on to the white voters that currently plan to vote for him…
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Republicans Ralph Abraham and Eddie Rispone are at 24 and 16-percent respectively in the poll.

The National Highway Safety Traffic Administration says cases of road rage that lead to a fatal crash has increased nearly 500-percent in a decade. State Police Trooper Monroe Dillon says they’ve noticed…
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Dillon says if you see road rage happening, dial star L-S-P or call 9-1-1.

Saints and Raiders fans drink the most on NFL gamedays according to a new poll. Matt Doyle spoke with a longtime New Orleans CBD bartender about Who Dats’ boozy Sundays…
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Former LSU gymnast Britney Taylor has accused New England Patriots wide receiver Antonio Brown of rape. Taylor is Brown’s former trainer and in a federal lawsuit, Taylor claims she was sexually assaulted three times over a two-year period. Brown strongly denies the accusations and he says the suit is motivated by money.