There are 49 confirmed cases and 31 people have been hospitalized as a result of a salmonella outbreak in Caldwell Parish. Emelie Gunn has more…
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A warmer and drier winter is predicted for Louisiana. Jeff Palermo spoke with a local weather expert…
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State health officials suspect Jambalaya as the cause of an outbreak of Salmonella poisoning in Caldwell Parish. Dr. David Holcombe with the State Office of Public Health says there are 49 confirmed cases of a gastrointestinal illness with 31 people hospitalized. He says salmonella is associated with chicken and eggs.
Holcombe says they know that 300 plates of Jambalaya were served at a softball charity event over the weekend. He says one person who showed symptoms associated with Salmonella poisoning died but it is still unclear if that is what caused his death.
Holcombe says very rarely will salmonella travel into the blood causing sepsis and eventually death. He also notes salmonella is difficult to spread from person to person.
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Pineville Police have made an arrest in the stabbing death of 42-year-old Latish White. A passerby found her body near the Pineville Expressway early Wednesday morning. Deputy Police Chief Darrell Basco says they learned 29-year-old Matthew Sonnier of Pineville was responsible for her death and arrested him in Alexandria…
Basco says Sonnier was a known acquaintance of White and the two were together at the time of her death…
It has been a quiet year for the Pineville Police Department. Basco says he is glad his department worked quickly to apprehend Sonnier…
Sonnier is charged with second degree murder and aggravated flight from an officer. He is in the Rapides Parish Detention Center without bond.
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NOAA released their winter outlook today and it says La Nina will dictate a warmer and drier winter in Louisiana for a second year in a row. Wetter-than-average conditions are expected across the northern United States. State Climatologist Barry Keim says it’s a similar weather pattern we saw in 2011…
Keim says the last few weeks of dry and warm weather are a precursor of this coming winter according to NOAA.
Does this mean there won’t be cold snaps to affect Louisiana? Keim says don’t put the coats away.
The winter forecast will be revised by NOAA in Mid-November.
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Dr. Craig Greene will be sworn in next week as the Public Service Commissioner who will represent the Baton Rouge, Lafayette, and Houma areas. Greene, who has never held political office before, explained why he ran for the position.
Greene expects the biggest problem he will face as a public service commissioner is getting energy at the cheapest rate possible. He says the best way to solve these problems is to ask the question, how do we learn from our mistakes?
Greene says he supports clean energy initiatives to produce electricity, but understands the use of wind energy might not be the best option in Louisiana.