NOAA has increased the predicted storm total for the 2021 hurricane season. Jeff Palermo has more…
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COVID has been historically associated with cough, fever, and shortness of breath, but these days in the Delta surge more and more people are suffering symptoms that you wouldn’t expect. Matt Doyle has more.
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The tropics have been quiet lately, but NOAA’s climate prediction center still predicts an above-average hurricane season with 15 to 21 named storms. Lead seasonal hurricane forecaster Matthew Rosencrans…
The season has already produced five named storms and one hurricane. Rosencrans says the potential return of a La Nina favors even more storm development…
In May, NOAA predicted the 2021 hurricane season would produce 13 to 20 named storms, but now they are calling for as many as 21 named storms. But Rosencrans says that’s not the 30 named storms recorded during the historic 2020 season…
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Grambling State University is utilizing federal pandemic recovery funds to pay off 1.5 million dollars in student account balances that accrued from spring 2020 through the summer of 2021. Associate VP of Finance Sheliah Faucette says they want to attract students back to the famed Historically Black University.
Faucette says paying off these fees will help students access their transcripts for employers, or continue their education.
Faucette says these fees and balances that are being paid off are not the same as student loans.
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An overnight crash near Madisonville claimed the lives of two teens and leaves two others hospitalized. Saint Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Captain Lance Vitter says the single-vehicle wreck happened shortly after midnight and two young girls were pronounced dead at the scene.
The exact cause of the accident remains under investigation and Vitter says the four young girls were occupants of a 2019 Honda Civic that left the roadway, struck two trees, a telephone pole, and other stationary objects. Vitter says it’s unknown if one of the fatalities included the driver of the vehicle.
Investigators believe speed is a contributing factor in the crash and it’s not known if they were wearing restraints. Vitter says their thoughts go out to the families who have lost loved ones and the community as they grapple with the loss of young lives.
Vitter says the four juvenile females were from Madisonville.
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The Delta variant appears to be impacting some people in different ways than the original strain, resulting in symptoms that were not historically associated with COVID.
State Health Officer Dr. Joe Kanter says COVID can still present with the classic symptoms of cough, fever, and shortness of breath, but keep in mind…
Kanter says during this Delta surge do not blow off any symptoms, no matter how mild…
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LSU announces unvaccinated students will be required to test monthly for COVID during the fall semester. System President William Tate says when students arrive on campus for the semester, they will be required to submit proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test. Tate says the policy is part of several other safety protocols
Tate says masks will also be required indoors at all times, except when individuals are alone in their offices. Some professors have asked LSU leadership to make vaccines mandatory. Tate is only recommending that students get vaccinated