The Louisiana Department of Health is ending its long-standing practice of holding mass vaccination clinics and it’s forbidding staffers from promoting seasonal vaccines. Colleen Crain reports.
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Eight students in Beauregard Parish are facing charges related to organized criminal activity. The DeRidder Police Department says the students between 13 and 18 years old were planning a fight with another group of students outside school property after hours.
Jefferson Parish breaks ground on a new facility where two components will be made to extend the life of electric vehicle batteries. JEDCO President and CEO Jerry Bologna (bu-LONE-yah) says the 500-million-dollar UBE Chemicals facility at Cornerstone Energy Park will be the first of its kind in North America and will produce components called DMC and EMC.
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For the first time ever, girls will compete in their own division in the LHSAA state wrestling championships, which are being held today and tomorrow in Bossier City. LHSAA Assistant Executive Director Adam MacDowell says 212 female athletes will compete for their own state titles.
There will also be the traditional three boys’ divisions with 14 weight classes each.