State Health officials briefed the Senate health and welfare committee this morning on important questions related to COVID-19.
State Police say 36-year-old Edward Young III of Lutcher was wounded late Tuesday in a shootout with sheriff’s deputies. Police say St. James Parish sheriff’s deputies encountered Young during an investigation shortly before midnight in Lutcher. Police didn’t say who shot first or what may have prompted the shooting.
Parks Senator Fred Mills files legislation to raise the minimum age to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21, which would align state law with the federal law that was enacted in December 2019. Mills says the clock is ticking to comply with the federal legislation.
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Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison today in a case that fueled the global me-too movement. Kelli Knight, an outreach coordinator with Louisiana Foundation Against Sexual Assault says on average one out of five women have been raped or sexually assaulted. Not every woman chooses to come forward or come forward immediately. Knight says the general public doesn’t understand the trauma of the situation.