The state reported 38 more COVID 19-deaths today as the number of confirmed deaths related to the virus has increased to 6,607. The number of COVID patients in the hospital declined today to 1,584, while those needing a ventilator increased to 167.

Senator Bill Cassidy says the historic pace of COVID vaccine development, is a triumph of the Trump Administration’s Operation Warp Speed. Matt Doyle has more
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A story from the Times-Picayune-New Orleans Advocate claims Lafayette native and Christian pop star Lauren Daigle was never booked to perform during Dick Clark’s Rockin New Year’s Eve celebration on A-B-C. But Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser appeared on Talk Louisiana this morning and said a letter written by New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell made sure an offer was never made…
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Cantrell is upset Daigle sang at a large unpermitted event in Jackson Square last month.

There’s now a wasp named after former LSU quarterback Joe Burrow. LSU Ag Center entomologist Nathan Lord says one of his grad students discovered a particular wasp that didn’t have a name so he named it after the Heisman Trophy winner…
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Lord says the wasp was found in Malaysia and they don’t how many of these type of wasps exist.