Dukes of Hazzard star John Schnieder, who lives and has a studio in Livingston Parish, is enraged with the cleanup process after the flooding. Michelle Southern has more…
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Louisiana has the second highest rate of women who are killed by men, according to a study by the Violence Policy Center. Halen Doughty has more…
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Brown tap water has been flowing from faucets in the City of Oak Grove in West Carroll parish for years, and city officials are taking action to get clean water. Mayor Adam Holland says he and some city council members toured America Water and Waste’s facility last week to find out what is causing the discoloration in the water.
Holland says during his meeting with the company owners last week, he informed them that he is executing the 120 day termination clause in their contract. But he wants to give the company the city has been with since 2002 one more chance.
Holland says some of the issues they want addressed are the joints at the plant that need to be replaced and better transparency between the company and the city. He says most importantly they just want clean, clear drinking water.
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Movie star John Schneider is upset with the cleanup process south Louisiana has seen after the historic flooding. Schneider has a studio and home in Holden and another property on the Amite River, which were all flooded. The Dukes of Hazzard actor says a month later, he still sees mountains and mountains of trash on the road…
The Livingston Parish Office of Emergency Management says there is still over one million cubic yards of trash that needs to be collected. Schneider says seeing the trash every day is a constant reminder of some kind of failure. He says we pay our taxes for debris removal yet we still don’t seem important enough for FEMA to take some sort of action.
Schneider says Louisiana was in the news this summer for tragic shootings, but the flooding even hasn’t gotten the attention of our government. He says the debris removal process should’ve begun immediately after people removed their water logged belongings from their home.
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A new study from the Violence Policy Center finds Louisiana ranks second in the country for the rate of women who are murdered by men. VPC Legislative Director, Kristen Rand, says this is the sixth year in a row that Louisiana has made the top 10. She says that may have something to do with the state’s gun laws.
Alaska was the only state with a higher rate of women murdered by men. Rand says black women are at a higher risk than white women because 29 of the 51 females murdered by men in 2014 were African American. She says in most cases, the woman has a relationship with the attacker.
In 2014, the Louisiana passed a law that prevents convicted domestic abusers from purchasing a gun for ten years after the completion of their probation, but the law doesn’t require them to surrender their weapons. She says Louisiana needs to keep passing laws to protect domestic violence victims.
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The Louisiana Community and Technical College system had another record setting year in 2015-16. Collectively, 28,853 students graduated from a community and technical college, up over 6000 from the prior year. LCTCS president Monty Sullivan says it’s great to see students that are completing programs in high demand fields…:
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The WISE fund was created in 2014. It allocates $40 million dollars to higher ed in Louisiana, and $12 million to two-year colleges. Sullivan says dollars from the WISE fund and private company matches were instrumental in getting them to the numbers they’ve seen the past year…:
Graduates from across Louisiana earned credentials in programs that are critical economic drivers such as computer science, process technology, construction crafts, engineering technology, industrial production, allied health, manufacturing and accounting. Sullivan says these are also critical to Louisiana families…:
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