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We’re only a day away from Christmas and state officials are asking residents who have made plans to gather for the holiday outside of their immediate household to cancel those plans. COVID hospitalizations are at their highest level since April and Assistant State Health Officer Dr. Joe Kanter says our red levels of community spread mean any large gathering statistically will have one infectious person…

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Our total number of COVID deaths as of this morning is 7,226.

ULM is cheering as the team hires former Auburn coach Terry Bowden to take over the football program. ULM didn’t win a game this season but Bowden isn’t phased…

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Procrastinators might be able to find that last-minute Christmas gift on sale this year, Brooke Thorington explains.

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5th District Congressman-elect Luke Letlow has been moved into the ICU as he battles COVID-19. Letlow was in a hospital bed in Monroe but has been transferred to Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport. The Congressman announced Friday that he had tested positive and was moved into the hospital over the weekend. He’s reported in stable condition and receiving remdesivir and steroids.