Louisiana has entered another surge in COVID cases, this time largely due to the more transmissible and virulent Delta variant. The state reported 1,500 new COVID positive tests and for the first time since early March, we now have over 500 COVID patients in the hospital. LSU Health Shreveport Infectious Disease Specialist Dr. John Vanchiere says your best protection against the new variant is to get vaccinated, but know it’s not 100 percent protection…
Only half of Louisiana adults have been vaccinated.
Online fantasy sports gaming has been approved by the Louisiana Gaming Control Board for at least one site, DraftKings. It’s anticipated that the service will be available for use sometime tonight if not by tomorrow. Only residents in 47 parishes that approved the activity will be allowed to log in.
The NRA and National Association for Gun Rights have been running in-state campaigns to persuade lawmakers to enter a veto override session July 20th and overturn the Governor’s veto of legislation that would eliminate the need to have a concealed carry permit to carry a concealed firearm. NAGR spokesperson Chris Stone says right now the state is a regional outlier…
Stone says currently there are 21 states that allow the concealed carry of a firearm without needing a permit.
A 49-year-old Franklin man is under arrest for allegedly severely burning a woman and killing a small child. State Fire Marshal spokesperson Ashley Rodrigue says the female victim was able to tell responders that she and Derwin Hamilton were involved in an argument, then…