Monroe Police are investigating a murder-suicide that’s claimed six lives. Witnesses tell Monroe Police Chief Reggie Brown the suspect 30-year old Brittany Tucker had experienced mental health issues for years. The first shooting took place last night in the parking lot of Parkview Apartments, the victim 20-year old Antiesha Logwood. Then another shooting in Tucker’s apartment, claiming the lives of her four children, ages range from 6 months to 12 years. Then police say Tucker took her own life.
With a proposal is in the works to rename LSU’s Middleton Library and there is also a movement to rename eleven more buildings on campus. President of LSU College Dems Daniel Carpenter says his organization posted a press release on its Twitter page with suggestions of whom the buildings should be named after, as opposed to those with confederate or racists ties.
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Iconic French Quarter bars are set to reopen at 25 percent capacity Saturday as New Orleans enters Phase Two reopening. A veteran bartender says patrons must observe strict social distancing and must wear masks while inside bars or we could see super spreading incidents like other countries.
Phase Two requires patrons to space out six feet away from other groups and calls for setting up tables for patrons to be served at like a restaurant.
A long-standing Mardi Gras tradition is being canceled in 2021 due to COVID-19. Senior Lieutenant with Mystick Krewe of Louisianians Tyron Picard says the Washington DC Mardi Gras will not be taking place next January.
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More than 2,000 people from Louisiana attend the four-day event in the nation’s capital.