Louisiana State Police says they are aware of planned demonstrations supporting President Trump at the State Capitol in the coming days and they are working closely with federal, state, and local law enforcement partners. L-S-P says they will have personnel in place to ensure a safe environment.

As more people are being identified from Wednesday’s raid on the U-S Capitol, can you lose your job for attending a political demonstration… Cut 2 (31) “…I’m Brooke Thorington.”

After seeing the number of COVID-19 patients in the hospital fall below two-thousand, the number rose again yesterday to 1,982. Medical Director for Infection Prevention and Control at Ochsner Health, Doctor Katherine Baumgarten says while they have 113-thousand scheduled vaccine appointments, they also have 587 COVID-19 patients in their hospitals…
cut 6 (09) “….yet”

The jackpots for the multi-state lottery games Mega Millions and Powerball are both over 500-million dollars. Louisiana Lottery spokesperson Kim Chopin says the jackpot for tomorrow night’s Powerball drawing is the ninth-largest ever at 550-million dollars, while Mega Millions is the fourth largest at 615-million dollars…
cut 11 (04) “…top ten”
The large jackpots have more players buying tickets. Last week the state tallied 5.4 million in lotto sales, twice as much as it did for the first week of December.