Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers founder Todd Graves donated $100,000 to fund the creation of a 3D-printed artificial reef off the coast near Grand Isle. Sean Richardson has more.
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A sad story out of Jennings: a 10-month-old baby girl has died after being left in a hot car on Tuesday. Mel Bridges has more.
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26-year-old Trystan McMillon, from Hammond, was arrested on charges of second-degree murder after allegedly selling fentanyl that led to a fatal overdose. Hammond Police Chief Edwin Bergeron reported that McMillon sold the potent synthetic opioid to 27-year-old Nicholas Platt who later died from an overdose.
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The Fentanyl Overdose Response (FOR) Team has seized 8 pounds of fentanyl since January as the deadly drug has contributed to a surge in overdose deaths in Louisiana. Bergeron stresses that those who sell drugs that result in death can face severe charges, including murder.
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Platt’s father, Jay Platt says he hopes this will lead to more fentanyl-related arrests and spare other families from losing a child or other loved ones.
McMillon was booked into the Tangipahoa Parish Jail and will soon be presented to a Tangipahoa Parish grand jury. Bergeron believes this type of case has never been prosecuted in the 21st Judicial District.
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Todd Graves, the founder of Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers, donated $100,000 to fund the creation of a 3D-printed artificial reef off the coast of Grand Isle. The reef will replace an old, decommissioned oil platform, contributing to marine conservation efforts in the Gulf of Mexico.
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The donation supports the efforts of the Coastal Conservation Association (CCA) of Louisiana, which is collaborating with researchers and environmentalists to design and deploy the artificial reef. LDWF Secretary Madison Sheahan says this is a huge opportunity to show what a public-private partnership can do in Louisiana…
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Graves expressed his commitment to preserving Louisiana’s natural resources with plans to build four more artificial reefs in the Gulf.
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The artificial reef project is seen as a significant step in restoring and protecting the Gulf’s delicate ecosystem, providing a sustainable solution that benefits both the environment and the local economy.
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A 10-month-old baby girl has died after being left in a hot car Tuesday in Jennings. Jennings Police Chief Danny Semmes (Simms) says the girl’s mother was unexpectedly called into work at a local restaurant and accidentally left the child in the car during her hour-and-a-half long shift.
This is the second child to pass after being left in a hot car in the state this year. Semmes says this investigation is ongoing, but the mother maintains she left her child in the hot car by accident and took the baby to the hospital as soon as she realized.
Temperatures were in the mid-90s across Acadiana on Tuesday, with head indexes over 105 degrees. With temperatures that high, Semmes says it’s a miracle hospital workers were able to establish a pulse on the baby, though she ended up passing away Wednesday night.
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According to Kids and Car Safety, the ten-month old from Jennings is the 23rd child who has died this year after being left in a hot car. It’s the second one in Louisiana. An infant died in East Baton Rouge Parish last month after the parent “forgot” the child was in the car and was at work.
Kids and Car Safety say since 1995 at least 46 children have died in hot cars in Louisiana, making Louisiana the sixth worst state in the country when it comes to child hot car deaths.