Following the declaration of a public health emergency in St. Joseph, Governor John Bel Edwards is vising the Tensas Parish town today. Michelle Southern has more…
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All of Louisiana’s 8 electors selected Donald Trump for president, and Mike Pence for vice president. Jeff Palermo reports…:
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Near-freezing temperatures have Louisianans across the state bundling up today. Matt Hemmingway with the National Weather Service in Shreveport says temperatures dropped to just below freezing this morning in North Louisiana, while the southern half of the state is hovering around 40 degrees.
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Hemmingway says people will want to break out the winter wear tomorrow as well.
Hemmingway says things will start to warm up once we get into the middle of the week. He says we’ll see milder temperatures just in time for the official start of winter.
Hemmingway says another cold front will move in Thursday, but it won’t be as cold as it is today and tomorrow.
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Governor John Bel Edwards is meeting with residents of St. Joseph today, after a public health emergency was declared in the small Tensas Parish town. Deputy Chief of Staff for the Governor’s Office, Julie Baxter Payer, says high levels of lead and copper were found in two water samples in St. Joe.
The Governor’s Office is providing three liters of water a day to each of the roughly 500 residents of St. Joe. Payer says the governor has ordered that the water in every home be tested for lead and copper. She says they believe the problem is the pipes, and there’s a lot of construction that needs to be done on St. Joe’s water system.
Residents of St. Joe have been dealing with dirty water flowing from their faucets for nearly a decade. Payer says construction on the water system is underway. She says they are doing what they can to get clean water to the town’s residents sooner rather than later.
The public meeting will be held at 5:00 p.m.
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A man from El Salvador who admitted to being an illegal alien has been detained by federal authorities in Covington after a St. Tammany Parish deputy discovered an outstanding warrant on him out of Central America. Captain Daniel Seuzeneau says 36-year-old Juan Sanchez-Roldan was pulled over on Highway 190…:
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Seuzeneau says the deputy contacted US Immigration Customs Enforcement.:
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Seuzeneau says during detainment, Sanchez-Roldan admitted he’d been in the United States for over 10 years illegally, was living in Baton Rouge and working in St. Tammany. He says this was a good pop by one of their deputies…:
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All of Louisiana’s 8 electors selected Donald Trump for president, and Mike Pence for vice president. Lloyd Harsch spoke following the vote and told reporters he’d received over 90,000 emails and several hundred letters from people urging him not to vote for Mr. Trump. He says he considered every candidate and all of their options…:
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The vote was taken today at the state Capitol’s Senate Chambers. Harsch says being able to be a part of history and this process is a responsibility he takes seriously…:
Matt McCann was there today protesting the election of Mr. Trump. He says the president-election teaches ignorance and hate…:
Now the votes will be sent to Washington where they will be read to the new Congress that convenes in January. McCann says he’s extremely concerned about the future of the US with Mr. Trump as president…:
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