The number of reported flu cases in Louisiana has dropped. Jeff Palermo spoke with flu bug expert Dr. Frank Welch…
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Shreveport police say a Good Samaritan trying to help in an accident on I-20 was killed yesterday afternoon. A major accident had occurred in the westbound lanes between a tractor trailer and a pickup truck. The pedestrian stopped to help, attempting to cross both eastbound lanes of traffic when he was struck and killed. The victims in the initial accident were taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
One man died and another hospitalized after a Mardi Gras parade route shooting in Jeanerette on Sunday. Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office spokesman Major Wendell Raborn says the shooting occurred at the intersection of Monnot Road and Martin Luther King Drive. There are a lot of potential witnesses, but no one has come forward with any information
There is no word on the condition of the second person shot.
Two New Orleans natives, Odell Beckham Jr. and Eli Manning stole the show last night with one of the best Super Bowl ads in years. The two Isidore Newman grads recreated an iconic moment from the classic Dirty Dancing film, high lift and all. Newman head coach Nelson Stewart says his phone blew up seconds after it aired…