With coronavirus cases rising, Louisiana is using State Parks as a place for coronavirus patients to stay in isolation when they can’t live at home because of elderly relatives or other reasons. Governor John Bel Edwards says they already have 10 coronavirus patients at Bayou Segnette in Jefferson Parish…
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Republican Congressman Clay Higgins has slammed the governor for shutting down restaurants, bars and fitness clubs. Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry says Edwards has the legal right to restrict public gatherings and the order should be enforced…
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The state’s largest blood center, Lifeshare, reports they are running low on blood due to a lack of donations. Matt Doyle has the story.
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State Police is investigating a deadly officer-involved shooting in the Acadia Parish town of Iota. L-S-P says Iota officers were dispatched to a home last night where they encountered a male subject seated in a vehicle and armed with a firearm. Authorities say during the encounter, the subject was shot by at least one officer and died from his injuries at a local hospital.