Governor John Bel Edwards has extended the current Modified Phase Two restrictions for at least another three weeks citing the state’s high number of COVID hospitalizations, which have exceeded the level reached during the second surge in July. Edwards says the state is seeing a plateau of reported COVID-like illness and declining test positivity rates, but…
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So that means the statewide mask mandate stays in effect through January 13th. Restaurants, retail businesses and gyms will also remain limited to 50-percent indoor capacity and most bars will stay closed.

If you plan on holding an outdoor Christmas celebration, be prepared for temperatures 10 to 12 degrees below normal…
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State Climatologist Barry Keim says highs will be in the 50s on Christmas Day as a strong cold strong front moves through today. There’s a slight chance for severe weather in south Louisiana this afternoon into tonight.

This time next year Amazon’s first fulfillment center in the state will be up and running in Lafayette Parish, Brooke Thorington on how it will impact Acadiana…
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The Jefferson Parish Coroner says an airplane passenger’s cause of death was respiratory failure due to COVID-19. 69-year-old Isaias Hernandez of Los Angeles was on a flight from Orlando to L-A on December 14th when the flight was diverted to New Orleans because Hernandez needed medical attention. An emergency medical technician who gave C-P-R to Hernandez has also tested positive.