State health officials reported 50 more COVID-19 deaths the total number of fatalities to 702. Jeff Palermo reports the climbing death toll is why Governor Edwards urges residents to stay away from large gatherings this Easter weekend…
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The Lousiana Department of Public Safety says eighty respirator masks taken by a high-ranking official have been returned to a makeshift hospital for recovering coronavirus patients in New Orleans. Vernon Giscombe, the director of public safety for Morial Convention Center was arrested over the weekend and charged with one count of malfeasance in office.
Zachary police report a tragic murder-suicide where it’s believed a man shot and killed his two stepchildren the day after his wife, their mother, died. Zachary Police Chief David McDavid says it appears 77-year-old James Brannon was distraught over the loss of his wife and shot 48-year-olds Deborah Ross and Beverly Watts.
Louisiana Crawfish Farmer’s Association President David Savoy says the industry is being devastated by coronavirus with many seeing sales at only 40 percent of what they were last year. Savoy says Easter is the industry’s Super Bowl, and they’re projecting a massive drop-off.