New Orleans Police say 21-year-old Kentrell Baham faces a second-degree murder charge after fatally shooting a Walmart employee last night inside the store. NOPD Superintendent Shaun Ferguson describes what happened inside the Walmart located in Gentilly…
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A second victim was shot in the foot. Ferguson says an officer working security detail apprehended Baham right after the shooting. A motive has not been released.

The U-S Census Bureau estimates the state lost 11-thousand residents between 2018 to 2019, the fourth highest population loss in the country. Demographer Greg Rigamer says a lack of good-paying jobs is the number one factor…
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Despite the continued population loss, Rigamer does not expect Louisiana to lose a Congressional seat.

The C-D-C estimates that from October 1st to December 28th there have been six-point-four million flu cases nationwide and at least 29-hundred deaths. Louisiana Office of Public Health Assistant Secretary Doctor Alex Billioux says there’s still a long way to go in this flu season…
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Billioux says a B flu strain made the rounds in the fall, now they are seeing more patients diagnosed with the A strain of the flu.

Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry is concerned about fake national championship tickets on the market. Landry says if your ticket is a P-D-F it is not legit, because the College Football Playoff Ticket office has already said P-D-F tickets will not be accepted and double-check if you are a recipient of a mobile ticket…
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Landry says if you purchase a ticket on the secondary market, use a credit card, so you have some recourse if the tickets are not as promised.