As COVID cases continue to surge across the state and nation, health officials say the highly transmissible delta variant is a driving factor along with low vaccination rates. LSU Health Shreveport Infectious Disease Specialist Dr. John Vanchiere…
A tragic fire claimed the life of a child and left a woman badly burned in the Franklin community of Centerville Tuesday night. State Fire Marshal Spokesperson Ashley Rodrigue says the female victim told responders that she and 49-year-old Derwin Hamilton were having an argument.
Hamilton has been charged with second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder.
A preliminary CDC report shows the US suffered a 29 percent increase in overdose deaths in 2020. In Louisiana, that number is even higher at an estimated 48 percent increase. LSU Health New Orleans Chief of Community Medicine Dr. Ben Springgate on one reason behind the tragic surge…
A predicted 1,900 Louisianans died of an overdose last year.
The Manning Passing Academy returns to the Nicholls State campus today after being canceled last year because of the pandemic. The annual camp is put on by the Manning family and Nicholls State athletic director Jonathan Terrell says in addition to COVID protocols that’s not the only change you’ll notice on the Thibodeaux campus.