A state police helicopter crashed in Ascension Parish this afternoon. The pilot who was the only passenger sustained minor injuries and was transported to a local hospital. State Police spokesperson Captain Nick Manale says the pilot experienced mechanical issues while approaching an airstrip in Gonzales.
Healthcare workers in Shreveport and Monroe are taking Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport, St Mary Medical Center, and Ochsner LSU Health Monroe to court over mandates by those facilities to be vaccinated. Plaintiff attorney Jimmy Faircloth says the lawsuits request a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction on the Ochsner vaccine mandate.
He says Ochsner’s vaccine mandates are “an unlawful forced choice; not a free choice.”
Louisiana has joined the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s “Race to Zero” campaign. Governor Edwards says investments have already been made in Louisiana by companies looking to develop renewable energy and he says there’s interest in using the Gulf of Mexico to produce wind energy…
Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s spokesman Brennan Matherne tells us today that more than five weeks after Hurricane Ida, only about one-third of the debris from the storm has been picked up. It’s one of the frustrations that residents are facing.
Matherne says huge piles of debris along the parish’s highways are still causing issues for residents and motorists.