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St Tammany Animal Services see huge increase in rehoming animals [Video]

Animal lover and pet owner Cheyenne Freezor said, “I’ve moved a lot, so I’ve had to rehome.” Rob Bremer, the director of the St. Tammany Animal Shelter, said this is a common occurrence across the parish, which has contributed to the overcrowding at the shelter he runs. “We see a lot of people having to surrender their animals,” Bremer said, “because their landlord won’t allow it. Or the place they’re moving to won’t allow it. A lot of those things factor in, and, ultimately, affect the population at the local animal shelter.”He put out a plea to the community, and people like Cheyenne have been doing their part to adopt and foster, to take home pets like Toto. “I seen it was all over Facebook that they were going to have to take serious measures because they have too many dogs,” she said. “We’ve adopted from here before.”Bremer said the shelter has received overwhelming support since the news went out Monday about euthanization set for Friday if help didn’t arrive.”We’ve had probably over 300 people come to the shelter in the past two days. That’s unprecedented,” he said. “The most, sometimes the most we see all day is maybe 16, 17. And half of them may be bringing us an animal. We’ve seen a strong support from the community here in St. Tammany and even out of state.”And then you have people like Anne Brewer who go above and beyond. Brewer slept side by side with the dogs to raise awareness and money for the shelter and a huge sponsor, Mardi Paws.”I mean, it makes me emotional right now to see those pups in their cages, shaking and all. It made me so emotional,” Brewer said. “I can’t take them all home, but I can’t leave them either. And that’s where it put me more motivated to stay here.”These are the sponsors that made free adoptions and fostering possible this week:1. Ellie and Harold Harper (sponsored adoption fees)2. Best Friends Animal Societys South Central Team (sponsored foster conversion adoption fees)3. Mardi Paws x Scotts Wish (fundraiser for at-risk awareness and training)4. The Brewers and the whole crew at St. Tammany Parish Fire District 9 (in support of our shelters mission and in cooperation with Mardi Pawss fundraiser)

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Titan submersible’s scientific director says the sub malfunctioned just prior to the Titanic dive [Video]

The scientific director for the company that owned the Titan submersible that imploded last year while on its way to the Titanic wreckage testified Thursday that the sub had malfunctioned just prior to the fatal dive.Appearing before a U.S. Coast Guard panel, Steven Ross told the board about a platform issue the experimental submersible experienced in June 2023, just days before it imploded on its way to the Titanic site. The malfunction caused passengers onboard the submersible to tumble about, and it took an hour to get them out of the water.The submersible pilot, OceanGate co-founder Stockton Rush, crashed into bulkheading during the malfunction, Ross said.One passenger was hanging upside down. The other two managed to wedge themselves into the bow end cap, Ross said, adding that he did not know if an assessment of the Titan hull was performed after the incident.Earlier Thursday, Renata Rojas, a mission specialist for the company, told the Coast Guard the firm was staffed by competent people who wanted to make dreams come true.An investigatory panel had previously listened to two days of testimony that raised questions about the company’s operations before the doomed mission. Rush was among five people who died when the submersible imploded en route to the site of the Titanic wreck in June 2023.Rojas’ testimony struck a different tone than some of the earlier witnesses, who described the company as troubled from the top down and focused more on profit than science or safety.I was learning a lot and working with amazing people, Rojas said. Some of those people are very hardworking individuals that were just trying to make dreams come true.Rojas also said she felt the company was sufficiently transparent during the run-up to the Titanic dive. Her testimony was emotional at times, with the Coast Guard panel proposing a brief break at one point so she could collect herself.Rojas is a member of the Explorers Club, which lost members Hamish Harding and Paul-Henri Nargeolet in the Titan implosion. The club described Rush as a friend of The Explorers Club after the implosion.I knew what I was doing was very risky. I never at any point felt unsafe by the operation, Rojas said in testimony Thursday.Earlier this month, the Coast Guard opened a public hearing that is part of a high-level investigation into the cause of the implosion. The public hearing began on Sept. 16 and some of the testimony has focused on problems the company had prior to the fatal 2023 dive.Investigators also released underwater footage of the submersible wreck. The footage shows the submersible’s tail cone and other debris on the ocean floor.During the hearing, former OceanGate operations director David Lochridge said Tuesday he frequently clashed with Rush and felt the company was committed only to making money.The whole idea behind the company was to make money, Lochridge testified. There was very little in the way of science.Also expected to testify on Thursday is former OceanGate scientific director Steven Ross. The hearing is expected to run through Friday with more witnesses still to come and resume next week.Lochridge and other witnesses painted a picture of a company led by people who were impatient in getting the unconventionally designed craft into the water. The deadly accident set off a worldwide debate about the future of private undersea exploration.Coast Guard officials noted at the start of the hearing that the submersible had not been independently reviewed, as is standard practice. That and Titans unusual design subjected it to scrutiny in the undersea exploration community.OceanGate, based in Washington state, suspended its operations after the implosion. The company has no full-time employees currently, but has been represented by an attorney during the hearing.During the submersibles final dive on June 18, 2023, the crew lost contact after an exchange of texts about the Titans depth and weight as it descended. The support ship Polar Prince then sent repeated messages asking if the Titan could still see the ship on its onboard display.One of the last messages from Titans crew to Polar Prince before the submersible imploded stated, all good here, according to a visual recreation presented earlier in the hearing.When the submersible was reported missing, rescuers rushed ships, planes and other equipment to an area about 435 miles south of St. Johns, Newfoundland. Four days later, wreckage of the Titan was found on the ocean floor about 330 yards off the bow of the Titanic, Coast Guard officials said.No one on board survived. Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman were the other two people killed in the implosion.OceanGate said it has been fully cooperating with the Coast Guard and NTSB investigations since they began. The Titan had been making voyages to the Titanic wreckage site going back to 2021.

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Delgado Joe Scheuermann Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame [Video]

WEATHER CENTER DEREK. ALL RIGHT. NO HURRICANES HERE RIGHT NOW. NO, WERE DONE WITH THAT. BUT WERE JUST LOOKING AT A COUPLE OF LIGHT SHOWERS HERE IN SOME SPOTS. OTHER THAN THAT, YOUR WEATHER IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT YOU SEE THERE BEHIND ME. JUST LOOKING AT SOME CLOUDY SKIES HERE AND THERE IN SOME SPOTS. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, ENJOY THE QUIETNESS WHILE IT LASTS BECAUSE SOME OF US COULD RUN INTO SOME OF THOSE AGAIN. POP UP SHOWERS, MAYBE A COUPLE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, AND WEVE STARTED TO SEE THAT HERE OVER THE LAST HOUR OR SO, ESPECIALLY FOR YOU IN SOUTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, NEAR PEARLINGTON AREA AND MAINLY SOUTH OF I-10 RIGHT NEAR BAY SAINT LOUIS, IS WHERE WERE SEEING SOME OF THOSE HEAVIER SHOWERS. NORTH SHORE NEAR MANDEVILLE. ALSO TOWARDS THE SOUTH SHORE, LOOKING AT A COUPLE OF LIGHT SHOWERS HERE, BEGINNING TO POP UP HERE AS WELL. LETS WIDEN OUT THE PICTURE THOUGH A LITTLE BIT AND SHOW YOU WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING. AND REALLY, YOU CAN SEE MUCH OF VERY DRY WEATHER CONDITIONS REALLY ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION HERE. BEGINNING TO SET UP. AND OVERALL, THE WEATHER PATTERN LOOKS VERY SIMILAR HERE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. GET TO THAT HERE IN A SECOND. BUT TEMPERATURES RIGHT NOW AS YOU STEP OUTSIDE UPPER SECONDS LOWER 90S HERE ACROSS THE BOARD. AND WERE SEEING FEEL-LIKE TEMPERATURES NOW INTO THE 90S WHEN YOU FACTOR IN THAT RELATIVE HUMIDITY. IN FACT, IT FEELS LIKE 100 AT LAKEFRONT. AND VERY CLOSE TO THAT RIGHT NOW IN SLIDELL FEELING LIKE 98 CURRENTLY IN HAMMOND. AND THE FORECAST FOR THE REST OF THE REST OF THE DAY, A MOSTLY SUNNY ONE, MAYBE AN ISOLATED POP UP SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM. STILL POSSIBLE TEMPERATURES AROUND 89 TODAY. SO VERY AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. AND YOU CAN SEE VERY SIMILAR LIKE NUMBERS TODAY ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA IN GENERAL WITH THOSE HIGHS INTO THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S, THERE IS SOME OF THOSE POP UP SHOWERS THAT COULD BEGIN TO INITIATE HERE, MAINLY FOR THE SOUTH SHORE TODAY AROUND 4:00. AND THEN AS WE HEAD INTO 8:00, A LOT OF THAT HERE, ACTIVITY BEGINS TO SETTLE DOWN OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. OVERALL, A MOSTLY CLEAR ONE. AND WERE LOOKING AT A MOSTLY CLEAR ONE, MAYBE SOME PATCHY FOG HERE FOR TOMORROW MORNING IN SOME SPOTS HERE. AND THEN AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW AFTERNOON LATER ON AROUND 5:00 OR SO, THE NORTH SHORE COULD BEGIN TO SET UP WITH SOME OF THOSE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND MAYBE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD DEVELOP AND THEN YOU CAN SEE IT BEGINS TO WINDING DOWN AND MOVE ITS WAY SOUTH. AS WE HEAD TO ABOUT 11:00 AT NIGHT HERE, HERES 7 A.M. FRIDAY, MAYBE A COUPLE OF SPOTTY FOG HERE IN SOME SPOTS, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, WERE LOOKING OKAY. NOW, I DO WANT TO SHOW YOU WHATS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN THE TROPICS. THE REMNANTS HERE OF GORDON ACROSS THE CENTRAL SUBTROPICAL ATLANTIC HAS ABOUT A 60% CHANCE OF REDEVELOPMENT. NO THREAT TO US. ITS GOING TO CONTINUE TO MOVE OUT TO SEA. MEANWHILE, IN THE NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA, WELL HAVE TO MONITOR THIS AREA VERY CLOSELY OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. SOME MODELS ARE A LITTLE BIT AGGRESSIVE DEVELOPING THIS HERE AND ALSO MOVING INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO RIGHT NOW, THERES NO IMMEDIATE THREAT. ITS JUST SOMETHING TO WATCH HERE. FOR NOW, IT HAS ABOUT A 20% CHANCE OF DEVELOPMENT OVER THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS. SO KEEP IT HERE. WDSU WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THAT SYSTEM IN THE CARIBBEAN. WDSU FIRST WARNING SEVEN-DAY FORECAST HIGH TEMPERATURES, LOWER 90S STARTING TOMORROW. THAT WILL CONTINUE REALLY THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THIS WEEK HERE COMING UP, INCLUDING THE WEEKEND. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS HERE AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW. LESS CHANCES OF THAT FRIDAY, AND ALSO THE WEEKEND. KEEP IN MIND AGAIN, THE PATCHY FOG COULD SET UP THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. FIRST OFFICIAL DAY OF THE FALL SEASON ON SUNDAY. FEELING

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Patrick Mahomes discusses Kareem Hunt’s return to the Chiefs [Video]

All right guys looking fire away after he said that he maintained *** relationship with cream over the years. Just wonder what that journey has been like for him from your perspective over the past, since he’s left here. Yeah, I mean, obviously, uh Crane was *** close friend of mine while, while he was here, um just being in the same draft class or everything like that. Um He came to my wedding. Um, but obviously he, he went to Cleveland. Um had, he had *** good career there has learned and become *** better person and I’m glad to have him back now. Um And let’s get him accustomed to the offense and see how fast we can get him out there over the past couple of days. Um Yeah, I mean, I, I mean, I know he was coming into the building. Um, obviously, I know he had to go through his, his workout process and, and meeting with the coaches and, and beaten everybody. Um But at the end of the day, man, I just, I just root for the, the person to, to keep becoming *** better and better person. Um, and the football secondary and, but I’m glad to have him back and in the building and, um, iii, I gave him *** high five and *** hug when I, when I saw him because, uh, it’s *** person that I, I used to spend *** lot of time with *** long time ago when, when you left. But I think the term you used was we don’t do those things. So, I, I wonder how you found *** way to balance both your friendship with him, but also to condemn the behavior. What, what, what that’s like for *** friend. Yeah. I mean, I think anyone, um, everybody has friends that make mistakes and obviously some are bigger than others. Um, but at the same time you wanna make the, the person better and you wanna see them taking the right steps to become *** better person for themselves and their family and the rest of society. And so, uh, I think you’ve seen that with Kareem. Um, and so I’ve stayed in touch with him just to see how he’s doing, how his family’s doing everything like that. Um, and he’s been able to, to carve out *** great career in the NFL. But I mean, you’ve seen, he’s been able to keep his nose clean and be *** better person and that’s what you want. Um, in order to make everybody better people, you Andre and locks up like draft film and always sharing things. Um, what did you see on the thing, what, what can you reasonably expect production wise on the field once he does get, get caught up? Yeah, I mean, *** guy that plays hard plays physical, um, catch the ball in the backfield, um, still has explosion in between the tackles. Um, and so, um, we have *** lot of guys in that running back room now that are gonna have *** chance to kind of take up some of that role uh while Z is out. Um But they’re ready for it. Um And I’m glad that that Veach has built such *** great running back room and adding Karim is gonna be another step in that of, of taking ***, *** vital role of this team um until we can get pop back. We didn’t have *** chance to ask coach about what’s gonna happen at left tackle today and what do you see? And what’s it been like with, with Kingsley and Juan over the last couple of days looking at film? And what do you, who do you expect to be out there with you? Yeah, I mean, I don’t, I don’t make those decisions. Um At the end of the day, I have *** lot of trust in both those guys. I thought Kingsley had good snaps, had bad snaps. That’s just part of the process of being *** rookie going up against *** great pass rusher. Um But he, I think he saw, he took accountability. He’s learning from it um, and then Juan has played snaps as well and he’s done, he’s done great things. Um, he’s getting better and better and so I think the coaches will at the end of the day make *** determination, they think is best for the team. Um, but I’m, I trust both those guys, whoever’s out there, there are guys that are gonna take the car to check on that. But how do you replace? Like he just brought *** different pop in energy. How do you replicate that and I guess replace that? Yeah, I mean, that, that’s gonna be everybody that’s not gonna be just that running back room. I mean, you said the energy that he brings, I mean, the way he runs the football, the way he pops up, he’s always positive mindset. Um That’s gonna have to take other guys to step up with. It starts with me, I gotta bring that mindset. I gotta play better football, put guys in better positions. Um But at the same time, I have to keep the energy going. Um And so that’s *** special thing that pop does. I don’t think one person can do that have that amount of energy and play that hard. I mean, it, it really is *** special characteristic of them. Um But I think the whole team can come together and, and, and bring that energy uh in his absence you had. What was your like for? Yeah, I mean, he, he loves the game, so he wants to be out there and he, he put so much work into it. So I think at first, I mean, you obviously are up um that you have to, you have the injury. But if I know anything, I know that me be getting after it, it’s gonna be more about um the trainers having to hold him back than him, uh not getting in and getting to work because, uh he loves it so much, man and he’s in the building, he’s working. Um, and I, I’m excited for it for the comeback man. He’s *** come back ready to go whenever he gets back. How fast did you could you tell him what had happened to him? And, and he made *** point of saying he wasn’t gonna let anybody help him off the field, he could get off the field himself. Yeah, I knew I didn’t see the tackle because of, of the angle that I, I was at. Uh, I’ve seen it obviously now, um, the fact that he popped up and he was like running up the field and I mean, I think he was trying to get back on the field and that just speaks to the type of competitor that he is. And so, um, I didn’t realize it was as serious of an injury until after the game just at the moment that we were in. Um, but, uh, like I said, he’s gonna attack it man, and he’ll be back. I’m sure sooner rather than later, I was gonna say, what, what’s the mindset required to have success on the road? Is it, is it different than just any other game? Um I think uh the mindset is that you have to just come in with the mentality and you really sharpen up on your details, which I think offensively we, we have to do anyways um starting with me. Um And so this is *** good team. Uh *** lot of great players, I’ve played against *** lot of these guys uh that are all in one spot now with *** great defensive scheme and it’s gonna be *** great environment Sunday night football um in Atlanta. So, um we’re going to sharpen up our stuff offensively, defense is playing great, they’re gonna keep playing good. Um But I gotta, we, we gotta continue to get better and better at the little things and so that we can go out there and just play free when we get there. What are the challenges with going up against the Reg Morris uh defense? Generally speaking, of course. Yeah, well, first off his schemes, he has *** really good scheme. Um He has *** good understanding of defenses um and what the offense is try to attack in his defense. Um So I think that along with his very game plan specific, so even though he has his scheme and has things that he works on um, he tries to take away what you’re best at. Um, that’s what all the best, uh, defensive coordinators do. And now he’s *** head coach and you can see just from the little interactions I’ve had with him and the interactions I’ve seen, I mean, he’s *** great leader. Um, and I think that’s something that every player that you see that’s played, uh, on one of his team’s offense or defensively has said. And so it’s gonna be *** great challenge for us, man. Um And I’m excited for it last couple and, um, Patrick, I’m sure you’re aware of this, but you had *** lot of passes over either at or behind the line of scrimmage. Uh Last week, it’s starting to become *** trend league wide. What do you attribute it to, uh whether from your standpoint or just when you’re watching other guys play? Yeah, I think, um I, I think this last week in general, I didn’t play to my standard, so I think I have to be better. There was some opportunities down the middle areas of the field that I think I missed. Um uh we hit obviously the deep one to rashid, but um whenever teams take away the deep stuff, you have to throw it under your knee, but you still have to have the ability to, to threaten the middle of the field. So that’s something that I will continue to work on and get better at. Um And then limiting mistakes for myself. Um But I think across the league, I think these teams are just gonna make you drive the entire field and that’s just kind of the, the, the thought process and then try not to let you score in the, in the red zone, but there is opportunities out there and you just have to execute it at *** higher level. There’s not as many as maybe I I’ve had previously similar question that you just answered it, but you mentioned earlier that you have to get better with the details. Is it that just yeah, that uh this with the, the tight zone coverages, kind of the mat zone coverages that you’re playing, the windows aren’t big. Um And so you have to be on time, even if you look at the first interception I threw, I mean, Travis had *** window there. I was just was late to that window. Um And so just being on time and if you don’t, the defenses are collapsing those windows quick. And so those are the little things that I have to be better at of being getting the ball there on time accurately. Um And at um not making *** mistake at the same time. So it’s just tough for you to continue to work on throughout the season. Um But uh we got to be better. I gotta be better as the season goes on.