LA Tech and ULM are renewing the I-20 rivalry for the first time in 26 years this season. Kace Kieschnick has more.
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The North Louisiana Crime Lab is warning of a new synthetic opioid that it says is ten times more potent than fentanyl. Jeff Palermo reports.
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ULM and Louisiana Tech will face off in a football game for the first time since 2000, now that the Bulldogs have joined the Sun Belt Conference. The reunion is set for October 17 in Monroe. Warhawks head coach Bryant Vincent says this is what college football is about.
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The teams played each other every season for 39 years until 1991. They have squared off 43 times total, with Tech leading the series 29 to 14. Vincent says the renewal of the I-20 rivalry is a can’t-miss game.
For Louisiana Tech, bringing back in-state rivalries with ULM and UL Lafayette was one of the biggest reasons to join the Sun Belt. Head coach Sonny Cumbie says he can’t wait to take on the Warhawks every year.
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Cumbie says fans on both sides can start creating their own memories and traditions in historic rivalries.
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LA Tech President Dr. Jim Henderson said he’s spoken with the Governor’s Office about creating a Louisiana Governor’s Cup between the three schools, modeled after the Commander-in-Chief’s Cup Army, Navy and Air Force play for each year.
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The North Louisiana Crime Lab is warning you of a new synthetic opioid that’s appearing in street drugs with increasing frequency. Deputy Director for Toxicology Kenton Leigh (“lee”) says it’s called cychlorphine (sigh-KLOR-feen), and it’s extremely dangerous.
Cychlorphine is being mixed into pills that look nearly identical to common prescription medications. Leigh says the crime lab first detected cychlorphine from casework back in February; and since then, they’ve detected seven different pill types with cychlorphine.
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Leigh says the very best way you can protect yourself from cychlorphine is always to get your prescriptions from a reputable doctor and have them filled at a reputable pharmacy.
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Medical experts say it takes several doses of Narcan to reverse an overdose caused by cychlorphine.
Federal officials are working to classify it as a Schedule One narcotic, labeling it as having no medical benefit. That would prohibit it from being legally prescribed, dispensed or administered.
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An increase in gang activity has Hammond police stepping up enforcement and warning those responsible they’ll face tougher consequences. The increased enforcement comes after an early morning shooting in downtown Hammond last weekend that left a 17-year-old wounded. Police chief Edwin Bergeron blames the violence on gang activity…
The night after Saturday’s shooting, Hammond P-D conducted a crime suppression operation resulting in 16 arrests and the recovery of ten firearms in downtown Hammond. Police say fewer than half of those arrested were Hammond residents. That’s one reason State Police and the FBI are helping target gang violence along the I-55 corridor. Special Agent in Charge of the FBI New Orleans Field Office Jonathan Tapp…
Tapp says violent gang members who are caught could face not only state charges, but federal prosecution as well…
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Summer heat is about to ramp up. It’ll be a hot weekend, with even hotter weather early next week as highs climb into the mid- and upper 90s.LSU Health Climatologist Barry Keim says a high-pressure system in the Gulf is to blame…
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The dangerous heat has already turned deadly. State health officials report four people died from heat-related causes in June. Keim says limit your outdoor activities
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Keim says the Gulf high pressure system will also push humidity even higher…