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Thursday's Health Report: Studies show a really hot day can make anxiety, stress worse
BATON ROUGE — If you start to feel more anxious or stressed when it gets really hot outside, you are not alone. Research shows that heat can mess with your mood. "Studies indicate that excessive heat triggers feelings of anxiety, agitation, irritation, and cognitive difficulties. In fact, during heat waves, we see an increase of suicides, substance use, domestic violence and emergency room visits due to mental health issues. The heat doesn't cause mental health issues, but it does exacerbate many of the symptoms that people experience,” Susan Albers, a psychologist, said.
‘My Baby Is Gone’: 12-Year-Old Shot to Death After Grown Woman Uses Her to Spy on Cheating Boyfriend Amid Louisiana Love Triangle Feud
A Louisiana woman reached a plea deal with prosecutors after being charged with the murder of a young girl who was dragged into a lovers […] ‘My Baby Is Gone’: 12-Year-Old Shot to Death After Grown Woman Uses Her to Spy on Cheating Boyfriend Amid Louisiana Love Triangle Feud
Jesus Worship Center of Lafayette celebrates growth, plans to open new location in Scott
The Jesus Worship Center of Lafayette was started in November of 2015, and for the past nine years, the church has grown in more ways than one. The church, at 208 Cadillac St. in Lafayette, is a full-gospel, non-denominational church, where they focus a great deal on the community and its people.
10-year-old accidentally shoots, kills 4-year-old brother, Lafayette police say
LAFAYETTE, La. (KPLC) - A four-year-old has died after his 10-year-old brother accidentally shot him at a Lafayette home, police say. Officers responded to a home in the 100 block of Bryan Street around 10:30 a.m. today in response to an injured child, Lafayette Police Department spokesperson Ashley Wood said.
Louisiana OMV offices coming back online after issues processing transactions
NEW ORLEANS — The Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles is coming back online following a global network outage that impacted all offices Friday morning. The OMV is encouraging customers who had appointments scheduled for Friday, July 19, 2024 to reschedule their appointments. The outage caused the OMV to not...
Louisiana Ticket Claims $230,000 in Wednesday Lottery Drawing
As an observer of lottery drawings in Louisiana, I feel obligated to suggest to those who want to strike it rich playing lottery games with the Louisiana Lottery should be participating in those games over the next week or so. The reason? Lady Luck appears to have moved back into Louisiana and she's apparently applying her "magic" to lottery tickets sold here in The Boot.
GSU to host Louisiana Call Me MiSTER Conference in collaboration with LSU, McNeese
In a historic collaboration with Louisiana State University and McNeese State University, Grambling State University will serve as the host location for the 2024 Louisiana Call Me MiSTER Conference. Set for September 5-7, 2024, the event will take place in the Betty E. Smith Nursing Building auditorium, bringing together educators,...
Altice USA Launches $30 a Month `Entertainment TV’
NEW YORK—Altice USA’s Optimum is launching Entertainment TV, a new internet TV package of 80 plus channels for $30 a month that is available exclusively on Optimum Stream. Optimum Stream is a Android-powered streaming device offering access to streaming apps that is available to Optimum Internet customers. As part of the launch of Entertainment TV, the company said that it is expanding its Optimum Stream offering to nearly 1.5 million homes across markets in its West footprint, including Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, North Carolina, and Texas, with further expansion planned for later this year. Optimum Stream is already available to all Optimum internet customers...
It's been hot in Louisiana so far this year, but not as bad as 2023. Here are the numbers.
Temperatures throughout Louisiana have been historically warm for the first six months of 2024, data released Thursday showed, but not as hot as last year and significantly below the record for the same time period. Louisiana's average temperature for January through June was the 12th highest on record for that...
French Quarter businesses gear up to ban guns, push back on Louisiana's permitless carry law
People will soon be free to carry concealed guns in New Orleans without a permit, but those who do so in the French Quarter could soon find their options limited. Business owners in the Vieux Carré began Wednesday placing new laminated signs in storefronts announcing "No firearms allowed on this property," marking the latest local response to the state's new permitless carry law.
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