We’re not even in November, and flu activity is ramping up in Louisiana. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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The Concordia Parish Sheriff’s Office says they detained 18 undocumented adults in Ferriday yesterday. Authorities say they were riding in a large passenger van that was towing a utility trailer that became disabled on the side of the road on Highway 84. The undocumented adults were in the van and the trailer was loaded with luggage.
Baton Rouge Police have arrested two 19-year-olds who were involved in an accidental shooting on Southern University’s campus late yesterday afternoon. Corporal Saundra Watts says one of the teens arrested was handing the gun to the other teen when the gun went off…
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Watts says the shooting took place in the parking lot at University Apartments and the victim is expected to survive his injuries.
The Shreveport Regional Airport is offering daily nonstop flights to Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport for the first time in 18 years. The new United Airlines service began Sunday, and airport spokesperson Mark Crawford says Monday’s flight was nearly full…
Crawford says the Chicago once-daily flight leaves between seven AM and nine AM and takes about two hours to arrive at O’Hare.