Small business owners report the COVID pandemic is making it hard for them to get needed inventory and make a profit. More from Kevin Gallagher.
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The National Transportation Safety Board believes an issue with the propellers led to the fatal plane crash that killed sports reporter Carley McCord and four others in Lafayette in 2019. An NTSB report says the propellers were not rotating as they should have been and there was an abnormal drag on the small plane.

The next legislative session is six months away and a topic that will surely be addressed is nursing home evacuation plans. Nursing homes are required to submit an evacuation plan to the Louisiana Department of Health every year, but there’s frustration over the decision to send over 800 nursing home patients to a single facility in Tangipahoa Parish during Hurricane Ida. AARP Louisiana Associate Director of Advocacy Andrew Muhl says they want to be part of the discussion…
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Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain is advising owners of horses to make sure their animals are protected from mosquito-borne illnesses like eastern and western encephalitis. Strain says Hurricane Ida and rains from Nicholas are helping to boost the mosquito population…
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Strain is asking homeowners to make sure they don’t have any standing water on their property.