Today marks two days in a row the state has seen a noticeable increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations after nearly a week of steadily declining numbers before that. 553 new positive tests are also being reported along with five new deaths. The Department of Health is noting though that 37,000 of the state’s 47,000 total confirmed COVID patients have recovered from the disease.
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21-year-old Aliza Gabriel and 20-year-old Tanasa Francis, both of Raceland, are the two confirmed victims of a shooting in Raceland that occurred just after midnight on Sunday morning. Lt. Brennan Matherne says the shooting at a gathering of over 100 young people appears to have taken the lives of two who had nothing to do with the altercation that sparked the gunfire.
Crawfish farmers may have received funding from the CARES Act, but wild crawfish fishermen are feeling left out as none will receive stimulus money from the legislation. Wild crawfish fisherman Jody Meche says the he and his peers produce just as much and just as good or better crawfish compared to farmers and there should be no difference in funding.