Today marks one year since the January 6th riot at the U.S. Capitol that some say was an attempted insurrection. Kevin Gallagher has more…:
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January sixth also marks the official start of King Cake Season as the carnival season begins today with Twelfth Night. There are three parades in New Orleans tonight. And with Mardi Gras Day on February 20th, that means a little more than six weeks of king cake to enjoy.

The governor’s office says construction has started on the Lake Borgne Marsh Creation Project in St. Bernard Parish. Upon completion, the project will create and nourish about 27-hundred acres of marsh on the southern shoreline of Lake Borgne near Shell Beach. Deputy Executive Director of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Greg Grandy says this will benefit the wetland ecosystem and fishermen…
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The project will cost 61-million dollars paid for by B-P oil spill damage dollars.

The state health department reported another 10-thousand new COVID cases yesterday, eleven COVID deaths and hospitalizations are up to 1,287. LSU Health Shreveport Infectious Disease specialist Doctor John Vanchiere stresses the importance of being fully vaccinated to reduce the chance of severe illness and hospitalization…
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Governor Edwards holds a COVID media breifing at 2:30 today.