The state health department reports that 314-thousand vaccine doses have been administered and 41-thousand individuals have received both dosages. State Health Officer Doctor Joe Kanter says the state will receive another 58-thousand vaccines next week, the same as this week and they expect the allocation to remain flat for the next four to five weeks…
With Mardi Gras Parades out this year due to COVID Delgao’s baseball coach came up with a different way to celebrate carnival, a drive thru experience at New Orleans’ City Park. Proceeds from the ticked event will go towards the park and Coach Joe Scheuermann it’s a great fundraiser too.
The event will be held from February 4 through the 14th and attendees are encouraged to decorate their cars.
An entry in the 5th Congressional District race has name recognition, he’s awaiting retrial after his murder conviction was overturned for the murder of his eight-year-old stepson in 2008. Brooke Thorington has more.
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And voters will be allowed to use the expanded version of absentee-by-mail voting for the upcoming spring elections that was an option last November due to the pandemic. Voters who either have COVID or are in quarantine, have a preexisting condition, or caring for someone can request a mail-in ballot for the spring elections.