Fall is in the air in Louisiana and unfortunately so are allergies. Eric Gill has more…
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A recent poll conducted for WWL-TV and The Advocate shows that only 46-percent of Louisiana African-American voters are in favor of removing or renaming monuments that honor Confederate leaders. Eric Gill reports…
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Fall is definitely in the air and so are allergies. LSU Health Sciences Center Professor, Dr. Sanjay Kamboj (KAM-boje), says ragweed is, by far, the biggest allergy trigger of the season. He says ragweed plants produce a lot of pollen as autumn gets underway…
Kamboj says they are seeing an increase of patients coming in for allergy problems than in years past. He says warm temperatures and high humidity levels help increase pollen production so Louisiana can have a longer pollen season compared to other parts of the country. Kamboj says if you’re allergic to ragweed, you are quite familiar with the symptoms…
He says over-the-counter allergy medications, such as Zyrtec, Allegra, and Claritin, can help manage symptoms and it’s also important to rinse nasal passages with a saline rinse. Kamboj says pollen production peaks daily between 9 and 11AM so it’s important to avoid contact during that time…
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State Police is investigating an officer involved shooting in Lake Charles which claimed the life of a male suspect. Sgt. James Anderson says the Lake Charles Police Department responded to a domestic disturbance at a residence early Sunday morning…:
Anderson says officers saw the suspect, 44-year-old Kevin Lau, standing in the doorway of the house with a gun…:
CUT 7 (09) “subsequently shot”
Anderson says officers fatally shot Lau after repeatedly asking the man to drop his weapon as he pointed it at the cops. No officers were injured in the incident. The Lake Charles Police Department requested that State Police conduct the investigation into the incident…:
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A recent poll conducted for WWL-TV and The Advocate shows that less than half of Louisiana African-American voters are in favor of removing or renaming monuments that honor Confederate leaders. The Clarus Research Group survey shows only 46-percent of black respondents support removal of the monuments. Pollster Ron Faucheux…
The poll shows 31-percent of African-Americans oppose the removal of the monuments. Overall, only 18-percent of voters support removing or renaming the monuments while 68-percent oppose the move. Faucheux says Louisiana voters are attuned to the issue of Confederate monuments…
Faucheux says he expected a larger number of black voters to be in favor of removing the monuments. He says the poll shows voters are more certain about the Confederate monuments issue than they are about the governor’s race…
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The State Department of Education released “preliminary” results to Common Core tests Monday, and found that just 22-40 percent of Louisiana students show “mastery” in skills it says are needed for the next grade. The tests were administered to grades 3-8 in the Spring. State Superintendent John White says the results are not surprising…:
The results showed that, on average, 37 percent of students are at the needed skill level in English Language Arts, while nearly 30 percent show mastery skills in mathematics. White says in November they will be releasing specific data from the tests that will show performance on groups of standards for individual students…:
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BESE will vote tomorrow on whether or not Louisiana will adopt the same skill scoring levels as other states, called cut scores, that determine mastery, advanced, basic, approaching basic and unsatisfactory. White says cut scores are a key point in declaring who did well and who didn’t:
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