A partnership between Ochsner Health and MD Anderson will provide some of the most advanced cancer treatments in the country. Brooke Thorington has more.

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The final decision on LSU’s football and basketball men’s programs stemming from recruiting violations and impermissible benefits has been handed down. Teiko Foxx has more…

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In the wake of the legislative session, Governor Edwards has vowed to veto some bills pushed through by Republican lawmakers, but will they convene an override session? Kevin Gallagher has more…:

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Ochsner Health and MD Anderson Cancer Center have partnered to create the Ochsner MD Anderson Cancer Center in southeast Louisiana. Medical director Dr. Brian Moore says this means cancer patients in the region will have access to cancer treatments that are among the most advanced in the country.

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Moore says the protocols of how Ochsner and MD Anderson treat cancer are the same and the hallmark is their multidisciplinary approach.

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The first phase of the partnership includes six facilities in the New Orleans area, Baton Rouge, and Covington. Moore says the immediate impact of the partnership is a comprehensive multidisciplinary approach and the wider availability of clinical trials for patients in Louisiana.

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MD Anderson in Houston is one of only 53 comprehensive cancer centers designated by the National Cancer Institute.

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The NCAA’s drawn-out investigation into LSU’s basketball and football programs for recruiting violations and impermissible benefits is done. Both programs have been put on a three-year probation, but no future postseason bans. TigerRag Editor Todd Horne says the punishment is light…

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The Tigers vacating 37 football victories between 2012-2015 revolves around a booster-paying former offensive tackle Vadal Alexander’s father. Former Basketball Coach Will Wade-who was front and center of the nationwide recruiting scandal- currently coaching at McNeese State, received a ten-game suspension. Horne says McNeese already planned to suspend him for the first five games

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Horne says the conclusion of the investigation removes a dark cloud hanging over the head of current LSU Basketball Coach Matt McMahon.

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The programs will also face a fine of 0.5% of its average men’s basketball and football budgets. The three-year probation for both teams begins in September.

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Governor Edwards has signed legislation that prohibits corporal punishment in Louisiana public schools unless parents give written consent to allow it for their child. Metairie Representative Stephanie Hilferty says the Department of Education is tasked with creating a permission slip for schools.

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Hilferty says of the school systems that use corporal punishment some of them do require parental permission, others do not.

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In previous sessions, Hilferty presented legislation to prohibit corporal punishment in schools across the board. She says some lawmakers, however, wanted their schools to have the option to use corporal punishment or not in schools.

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The new policy will go into effect in the upcoming school year.

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We will know next week which bills passed by the state legislature will be vetoes by Governor John Bel Edwards. Several of the vetoes are expected, but will lawmakers choose to convene a special session to override any of them? Denham Springs Representative Valarie Hodges says lawmakers need to come back if Edwards vetoes bills banning gender transition care for minors, affirming the use of students’ birth pronouns, and forbidding discussion with students of gender preference of sexual behavior…:

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The bills drew controversy and stiff opposition but were approved by GOOP majorities in both House and Senate. Veto override sessions are automatically scheduled unless enough lawmakers vote NOT to have one. Baton Rouge Representative Paula Davis says there is a real possibility that could happen…:

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Davis says a number of lawmakers may feel the vetoed bills can easily be revisited next spring, when they will quite likely face the approval of a conservative Republican governor. Rep. Hodges says the bills the Governor has pledged to veto are about protecting children, and hopes fellow lawmakers will vote to go back to the Capitol…:

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It was a game for the ages, LSU and Wake Forest went 11 innings last night and the Tigers came out on top with a two-to-nothing win over the Demon Deacons to advance to the championship series of the College World Series. Tommy White’s two-run blast ended the game. Coach Jay Johnson says it was an awesome moment…

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After a Dylan Crews base hit in the 11th inning, White slugged a two-run shot over the left field wall. White says he was waiting on a fastball

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Paul Skenes started and went eight innings and struck out nine to break the SEC for strikeouts on the season. Skenes he didn’t want to let his teammates down…

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One of the big plays in this game, came in the eighth inning, when Tre Morgan threw out a runner at the plate on a bunt play. Johnson says they were prepared for that moment…

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North Central Louisiana is losing 245 jobs as a glass plant in Lincoln Parish tells its employees they are shutting its doors next month. Brooke Thorington has the story…

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A new poll on the governor’s race shows Republican Jeff Landry as the front-runner, while Democrat Shawn Wilson in position to claim the second run-off spot. Jeff Palermo has the story…

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The U.S. Coast Guard says wreckage from the missing submersible that was taking five people to the sunken site of the Titanic has been found. The pilot and four other crewmembers are believed to be dead according to the expedition company. LSU Professor Christopher Drew, Co-author of the Robert Ballard Memoir – the explorer who found the Titanic, says the lack of proper equipment made it difficult to find the vessel.

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The submersible named Titan left Sunday with only 96 hours of oxygen and lost contact about an hour and 45 minutes into the dive. The vessel free falls one hundred feet a minute taking about an hour and a half to two hours to get to the sea floor. Oceangate says the submersible may have imploded. Drew says it’s possible that the underway expedition went out of control mid-water

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Robert Ballard and his team discovered the wreck of the Titanic in 1985 in the North Atlantic. It lies at a depth of 12,500 feet off the coast of Newfoundland. Drew hopes this unfortunate tragedy will convince other thrill seekers not to try and visit the site…

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Authorities have confirmed the heat-related death of 62-year-old Tina Perritt of Keithville, who was without power for an extended period. SWEPCO spokesperson Doug Warner says approximately 16,000 customers are still without power in Bossier and Caddo Parishes. More than 4,000 workers have responded to the widespread outages from last Thursday’s storms.

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Warner says almost 800 poles were broken or fell to the ground and a large portion of the poles involved transmitters.

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Warner says if you are still without power to contact SWEPCO. He says some customers could have damage to the weather head on their homes which is keeping power from reaching their property.

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The line of storms that impacted northwest Louisiana a week ago today had reported wind gusts of up to 90 miles per hour.

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The small village of Simsboro in Lincoln Parish is in shock after learning the Ardagh Glass Packaging Plant will close next month. The plant’s 245 employees were told Wednesday and Simsboro Mayor Sybil Smalling-Foster says news of the closure is a complete surprise.

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Smalling-Foster says the closure will have a large impact on the community of approximately 1,000 residents because Ardagh is one of the largest employers in the area.

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About five years ago Smalling-Foster says the plant faced a similar fate but local legislators worked with the manufacturer to keep their doors open. She says it’s not just Simsboro that will be affected by the closure.

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She says the plant will close on July 17^th.

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A new poll on Louisiana’s governor’s race has Republican Attorney General Jeff Landry with 31-percent of the vote, Democrat Shawn Wilson 21-percent and the rest of the contenders in the single digits. ULM Political Science Professor Joshua Stockley says it’s not a surprise Landry continues to have a commanding lead…

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Republican candidates Sharon Hewitt, Richard Nelson, Stephen Waguespack and John Schroder are trying to take support away from Landry. Stockley says it will not be easy….

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The Kitchens/Vantage poll surveyed 16-hundred likely voters last week. Four percent of the respondents said they will vote for Independent Hunter Lundy. Stockley says Wilson is in good position to make the run-off, but the former Louisiana transportation secretary has to boost his name recognition…

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