Children who suffer from severe peanut allergies may be in luck, as a new treatment can help mitigate the potentially deadly effects of accidental ingestion. LSU Health New Orleans Allergy expert Dr. Sanjay Kamboj says it’s not for light allergy sufferers, and you won’t be scarfing down PB&J’s, but, you could eat something cooked in peanut oil.

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Two thirds of the participants who took the treatments saw positive results, but roughly 20 percent of participants had to drop out, and 14 percent of those taking the treatment had episodes that required epinephrine, vs only 6 percent of those who took the placebo.

Les Miles is back as a college football coach, this time at Kansas. Miles says after watching Kansas play Oklahoma this past weekend, he’s optimistic he can turn the Jayhawks into a winner quickly…

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He’ll replace David Beaty, who is 6-and-40 in four seasons.

Women under 21 can no longer work as exotic dancers in Louisiana clubs as a result of a ruling from a federal appellate court. Jeff Palermo has more.

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The Department of Children and Family Services is teaming up with the United Way in an effort to expand workforce training for food stamp recipients in seven southeast Louisiana parishes.  DCFS Secretary Marketa Garner Walters says it’s about building towards more than a minimum wage job.

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Louisiana can now enforce a 2016 law that prohibits those under the age of 21 from performing as an exotic dancer in bars and nightclubs. Solicitor General Liz Murrill, with the Louisiana A-G’s office, says a federal appeals court panel originally said the law was too vague, but reversed their decision after the A-G’s office made their case again…
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Three young women filed a lawsuit challenging the law claiming it infringed on their First Amendment rights to freedom of expression.

A new drug is available for those who have a life threatening peanut allergy. LSU Health New Orleans allergy expert, Doctor Sanjay Kamboj, says its an oral medication that builds up peanut tolerance and it should prevent death if a person consumes a tiny portion of peanuts…
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One in 50 Americans is estimated to have a peanut allergy, something patients are usually stuck with for their entire lives.

Les Miles is back as a college football coach. The “Mad Hatter” has a five-year deal with the Kansas Jayhawks that will pay the 65-year-old two-point-seven million dollars a year. Miles says he’s been eager to coach again, since LSU fired him in September of 2016
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Miles has a big task in front of him as Kansas has not had a winning season since 2008.

The state Department of Children and Family Services will help organizations tied to the United Way with workforce training for food stamp recipients in seven southeast Louisiana parishes. DCFS Secretary Market Garner Walters says these organizations will receive federal dollars for doing such training for people on the SNAP rolls…
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A study has promising results for children who suffer from severe peanut allergies. Matt Doyle has more.

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The funeral is set for a police officer in Slidell who died Saturday from injuries suffered in an on-duty motorcycle in September while he was escorting a funeral procession.  The services for Officer Jason Seals will be held Wednesday at noon.  He was survived by his wife and three young children.

Les Miles is back as a college football coach. The “Mad Hatter” has a five-year deal with the Kansas Jayhawks that will pay the 65-year-old two-point-seven million dollars a year. Miles won 114 games at LSU and boasted a 77-percent winning percentage. But his critics said his run-oriented offense couldn’t win the big game in today’s college football. Miles defended his offensive philosophy at LSU when asked during his introductory press conference

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Louisiana ATC can now enforce a law barring anyone under the age of 21 from working as an erotic dancer in bars and nightclubs. That law, passed in 2016, had been held up after a federal court declared it too vague, but Solicitor General Liz Murrill says that’s no longer the case.

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Researchers have developed a new drug that can help those who have a life threatening reaction to peanuts. LSU Health New Orleans Allergy expert, Doctor Sanjay Kamboj, says it’s an oral medication that builds up peanut tolerance in allergy sufferers over six months. That’s by slowly introducing a non-fatty peanut protein in small batches. Kamboj says they ran the experiment on 372 children.
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Two thirds of the participants who took the treatments saw positive results.

A young leader is emerging in Avoyelles Parish. 19-year-old Stanley Celestine Junior has been elected to the Avoyelles school board and will begin serving his term in January.Celestine says he wants to take a closer look at the school system’s discipline policies
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The Department of Children and Family Services is teaming up with the United Way in an effort to expand workforce training for SNAP recipients in seven southeast Louisiana parishes. DCFS Secretary Marketa Garner Walters says the partnership expands who can receive federal dollars to be used to reimburse programs for the cost of training with SNAP recipients.
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The Saints look unstoppable as New Orleans won its ninth straight yesterday beating the defending Super Bowl champs, the Philadelphia Eagles, 48-7. Quick turn around for New Orleans as the Saints host Atlanta this Thursday.

Children who suffer from severe peanut allergies may be in luck after a study shows a new treatment can help mitigate the potentially deadly effects of accidental ingestion. LSU Health Allergy expert Dr. Kamboj says it’s not for light allergy sufferers, and you won’t be scarfing down PB&J’s, but, you might be able to eat something cooked in peanut oil.

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The treatment is still awaiting FDA approval.

The “Mad Hatter” has a five-year deal with the Kansas Jayhawks that will pay the 65-year-old two-point-seven million dollars a year. The former LSU head Coach Les Miles says after watching Kansas play Oklahoma this past weekend, he’s optimistic he can turn the Jayhawks into a winner quickly…

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Miles won 114 games at LSU and boasted a 77-percent winning percentage. But his offense began rapidly stalling out later into his Tiger tenure.

Louisiana has seen job gains for 13 consecutive months.  Kevin Barnhart has more

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Progress on the federal Farm Bill may be frozen in place after a midterm switch that’s set to divide Congress. Congressman Ralph Abraham is hoping the lower chamber can pass work requirements for food stamps while Republicans still have a majority in the House.

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He says if they fail to pass it now, Democrats will likely completely rewrite the bill.

19-year-old Stanley Celestine is ready to make a difference as a newly elected school board member for the Avoyelles Parish School Board. Jeff Palermo has the story…

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The East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office deputies are searching for 49-year-old Michael Vallery, who is wanted for stabbing and killing his wife Stefanie Vallery, 51, and injuring two of her relatives around 8 o’clock last night.  The incident happened at the wife’s home.  The two were separated at the time of the incident.  Deputies urge anyone who sees Vallery to not approach him and to immediately call 911.

Work continues during the lame duck session of Congress on approving a new Farm Bill, but work requirements for food stamp recipients continue to be a major stumbling block. Republican Representative Ralph Abraham from Richland Parish is pushing for work or educational requirements for able-bodied adults, but Democrats want to completely rewrite the bill.

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Abraham is hopeful a new farm bill can be passed before Congress adjourns for 2018.

Les Miles is back as a college football coach. The “Mad Hatter” has a five-year deal with the Kansas Jayhawks that will pay the 65-year-old two-point-seven million dollars a year. Miles says he’s been wanting to coach again, ever since his firing from LSU in September of 2016

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Miles has been a big task in front of him as Kansas has not had a winning season since 2008.

The Louisiana Workforce Commission reports that nonfarm employment has increased by 19,400 since October 2017 as the state has seen 13 consecutive months of job growth. L-W-C Secretary Ava Dejoie says the mining and logging sector is part of that job growth, with 2,100 jobs added since October 2017…
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Education and health services led the job gains with 46-hundred jobs since October 2017.

Will The lame duck session of Congress produce a new Farm Bill? US Representative Ralph Abraham of Richland Parish says he’s trying to get it done, but he doesn’t want to see a new Farm Bill approved without a work requirements for some food stamp recipients…
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The Senate has not supported a Farm Bill that includes work requirements for food stamp recipients.

A 19-year-old is gearing up for his first term on his local school board. Stanley Celestine Junior received 65-percent of the vote on November sixth for a seat on the Avoyelles Parish School Board. He’s also pursuing a bachelor’s in sociology through an online program at McNeese State. Celestine says he also works in the mental health field and owns his own consulting company for non-profits
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Celestine says he’s not sure where his future will take him, but he wants to have an impact in childrens lives.

The Saints won their ninth straight yesterday as they destroyed the Philadelphia Eagles 48-7. It was another MVP performance for Drew Brees who threw for 363 yards and four touchdowns. Brees says he’s feeling good…
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New Orleans will now get ready to host the Falcons on Thanksgiving Night.

Louisiana has seen job gains for 13 consecutive months. Kevin Barnhart has more
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The Saints look unstoppable as New Orleans won its ninth straight yesterday beating the defending Super Bowl champs 48-7. The frustration was evident with Philadelphia. Former Saints safety Malcolm Jenkins flipped the bird at Sean Payton after the Saints scored on a 37-yard touchdown pass on fourth-and-six with 13:22 left to go in the game and the Saints already up by 31 points.

A Thanksgiving dinner in Louisiana is quite the bargain, when compared to the nationwide cost. The American Farm Bureau says the average nationwide cost is $48.90, but in Louisiana it’s half that. Louisiana Farm Bureau spokesperson Avery Davidson says turkeys are much cheaper in the Bayou State….
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19-year-old Stanley Celestine Junior will be one of the youngest school board members in the country when he begins his term in January. Celestine says he does a lot of work with non-profits and through that work he saw the Avoyelles Parish school system has significant issues that need to be addressed
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Celestine received 65-percent of the vote in winning the election over fellow Democrat Carolyn Bonton.

US Representative Ralph Abraham is hopeful a new Farm Bill will be approved during this Lame Duck session of Congress….
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A major sticking point is that House Republicans, like Abraham, want work requirements for some recipients of food stamps. But the Senate version of the legislation does not contain that language.

According to the American Farm Bureau, the nationwide average price for a Thanksgiving dinner is $48.90, but it’s much cheaper in Louisiana. Just $22.63 after surveying a few Louisiana grocery stores. Avery Davidson is with the Louisiana Farm Bureau and he says you can save some more, if you do your research….
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Davidson says turkey is much cheaper here in Louisiana, which is the major reason why the overall cost of the Thanksgiving dinner is down.

For a 13th consecutive month, Louisiana has reported an increase in jobs. The Bureau of Labor Statistics says nonfarm employment has increased by 19-thousand jobs since October 2017. Louisiana Workforce Commission Secretary Ava Dejoie says they also know workers are making more money too…
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Alexandria and Houma were two metro areas though that actually saw job losses from September to October.

A young leader is emerging in Avoyelles Parish. 19-year-old Stanley Celestine Junior has been elected to the Avoyelles school board and will begin serving his term in January. The district just received a “C” grade from the state department of education. Celestine says one of the first things he wants to look at is the school system’s discipline policies
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The Louisiana Workforce Commission says the state has seen job gains for 13 consecutive months. According to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, non-farm employment increased by 19,400 since October 2017. LWC Secretary Ava Dejoie says education and health services saw the largest job gains over the last year and there are other sectors of the economy doing well…
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Dejoie says the mining and logging sector saw 2,100 jobs added since October 2017, which includes the oil and gas industry.

The American Farm Bureau reports the average cost for Thanksgiving dinner has gone down the past three years. The bureau conducted a survey of grocery stores across 37 states, Louisiana Farm Bureau Representative Avery Davidson says the average price nationwide to feed ten people is $48.90, but the Bayou State is one of the best in regards to cost…
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Republican Congressman Ralph Abraham says the battle over work requirements for food stamp recipients continues to prevent a Farm Bill from passing this year. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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