With the mumps outbreak on the LSU campus up to 12 cases the university is stepping up efforts to prevent further spread by offering free MMR vaccines to those considered to be in high risk groups. Students receiving the vaccine need to get both doses of it in order for it be fully effective. The Louisiana Department of Health is still advising that all LSU students receive the vaccine.
The latest Kids Count report has Louisiana ranked 49th again for child well-being, but Agenda for Children releases a roadmap on how the state can improve its ranking…
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Eddie Rispone made a rare public appearance today to speak with Talk Louisiana’s Jim Engster about his near successful effort to unseat Governor Edwards in last year’s run-off. Rispone received some flack for running a blitz of attack ads against Republican Ralph Abraham late in the primary. Rispone was asked if that soured his relationship with some Abraham supporters…
Abraham struggled to raise funds during the campaign, while Rispone sunk a reported 14 million of his own money into the race.
18-year-old Raymond Henry of Bossier City, a 15-year-old female and 19-year-old Otis Smith, a Bossier High basketball star, have all been arrested in connection to the murder of 20-year-old Adrian Carradine of Bossier City. This is the third homicide in Bossier City this year after reporting six homicides in 2019. Bossier City Police spokesperson Traci Landry…