8:30 LRN Newscast February 5

Louisiana is expanding who is eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine as people over 65 will be eligible starting on Monday. Also, statewide elected officials, election workers and state and local COVID-19 emergency response personnel and can get their vaccination at hospitals, clinics or pharmacies…
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The new eligibility criteria means Governor Edwards can get his first COVID-19 vaccine dose next week and he says he’s excited about it.

New Iberia City Marshal 67-year-old Haywood Migues has been arrested for allegedly falsifying subpoena signatures. State Police Trooper Thomas Gossen says the investigation began last month…
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In 2020 the Louisiana Department of Insurance helped Louisiana policyholders win 22 million dollars from insurers through mediating complaints about underpayments. Matt Doyle has more.
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The man who wounded two medical staff members at a Shreveport hospital earlier this week has now been charged with murder in connection with a homicide in New Orleans. NOPD detectives believe Zaokoye Chatman used a machete to kill a man at a gas station on Sunday. Authorities say Chatman then traveled to Shreveport where he wounded two people at Ochsner LSU Health with a large knife.