New Orleans Police used tear gas on a large group of George Floyd protestors who were marching on the Crescent City Connection last night. NOPD says no arrests were made. Louisiana Senator John Kennedy says Floyd was a victim of muder at the hands of four Minneapolis police officers…
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Charges have been upgraded against Chauvin and the three other officers on the scene are also facing charges.
Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser says over 20-thousand people visited a Louisiana State Park over the last two weeks. Nungesser says an offer for Louisiana residents to receive a free night at a cabin at a State Park if they stayed several nights was a big hit…
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Tomorrow, restaurants and bars that serve food will be able to open at 50 percent capacity as the state moves into Phase Two. President of the Louisiana Restaurant Association Stan Harris believes the transition to increase capacity with effective social distancing will help put restaurants on the road to recovery.
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Today is the last day restaurants will be restricted to 25-percent capacity.
This weekend looks like a wet one especially for south Louisiana as Tropical Storm Cristobal is expected to start marching towards Louisiana with a landfall along the state’s coast late Sunday night or early Monday morning.