State health officials say ninety percent of the new COVID19 cases in Louisiana are caused by the latest variant of the disease, Omicron BA-FOUR, and BA-FIVE. This morning, Governor John Bel Edwards received the latest COVID booster shot.
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This is the fifth COVID shot the governor has received. He also received his flu shot today.

A recent Washington Post analysis ranks Louisiana 17th in the nation in retention of college graduates. That puts the Pelican State ahead of southern states like Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas and South Carolina. The governor’s communications director Lauren Leist says the state’s investments in higher education are paying off
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The U-S Marshal’s Service announces they recovered 14 missing children and made several arrests during their “Summer Knights” operation in New Orleans.
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And in Thibodaux the search continues for the person responsible for the shooting death of a 15-year-old from Assumption Parish. Lt. Clint Dempster says Jarien Cole was shot multiple times in the back inside a home. Dempster says detectives are working the case around the clock…
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