1,500 new COVID cases were reported today and the state now has over 500 COVID-related hospitalizations, lending further evidence to the idea that we are in the midst of a new surge propelled by the more virulent and transmissible Delta variant. LSU Health Shreveport Infectious Disease Specialist Dr. John Vanchiere says vaccination hesitancy is a major factor for the increase.
49-year old Derwin Hamilton of Franklin is under arrest for allegedly setting a fire in his hometown that killed his great-nephew and left a woman he was in a relationship with badly burned. State Fire Marshal Spokesperson Ashley Rodrigue says the incident has shaken the small community.
Parents should see the first of six-monthly advanced child tax credits in their account today. Brooke Thorington has more.