Many healthcare workers are receiving their second COVID-19 vaccination and more are eligible to receive their first dose. Brooke Thorington has more
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The Louisiana Attorney General’s office announces the arrest of a city councilman in Tangipahoa Parish on election fraud charges. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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Alabama wide receiver and Amite native DeVonta Smith won the Heisman Trophy last night, becoming the first receiver to win the award since Desmond Howard in 1991. Smith credits the hard work he put in while growing up in Amite City.
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Despite choosing Alabama over the home-state LSU Tigers, Smith says his hometown has been very supportive throughout his college career.
He’s only the second Louisiana native to win the prestigious award. Springhill native John David Crow won the award in 1957 after a standout season as a halfback for Paul Bear Bryant at Texas A&M.
The six-foot-one, 175-pound Smith hopes he can inspire kids who have been told they are too small to play big-time football.
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Ochsner Physician Dr. Jay Brooks was among the first healthcare providers to be vaccinated in Baton Rouge and he’s now received his second injection of the COVID vaccine. As for side effects, Brooks says he’s somewhat achy after the injections.
Brooks says the COVID vaccine shot is comparable to a flu shot and he says he had more with the shingles vaccine.
Beginning this week those over the age of 70 and dialysis patients are now eligible to be vaccinated in Louisiana. Brooks says they began inoculations for patients in the Ochsner healthcare system that met the criteria.
Brooks says vaccines are our best protection. Last week Congressman-elect Luke Letlow, who had no known preexisting conditions, died from COVID at age of 41. Brooks says the medical community has yet to fully understand why the virus affects some worse than others.
Brooks highly encouraged all residents when it’s their turn to be vaccinated.
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Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry announces that Amite City Councilman Emmanuel Zanders has been arrested and charged with eight counts of election fraud. Landry says the District 3 councilman illegally registered voters at addresses they did not live at
Landry says there’s also evidence Zanders submitted a voter registration application on behalf of a citizen using his own address…
Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin takes election integrity seriously and if you try to commit election fraud, you’ll be caught
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A kidnapped 11-year-old was saved and her alleged kidnapper is behind bars in Grant Parish after communicating with the minor over the internet.
The girl went missing late Sunday in Madison Parish and was located in Grant Parish Monday evening resulting in the arrest of 22-year-old Angel Ramirez. State Police Trooper Michael Reichardt…
LSP, Grant Parish Sheriffs, and the FBI were involved in the hunt for Ramirez and the young girl.
The incident is still under investigation but Reichardt says they can confirm that the young girl is back home with her family after the traumatizing ordeal.
The kidnapping appears to be the result of some online communications and Reichardt says this is a reminder that all parents need to keep a close eye on their children’s online devices…
Ramirez is facing one count of aggravated kidnapping but more charges are expected to be filed against him.
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Chaos has erupted in Washington D-C as Trump protesters have stormed the U-S Capitol while the U-S House and Senate debated the certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory. Lawmakers were evacuated. Senator Bill Cassidy denounced the violence that erupted between Capitol police and the protesters
Cassidy says this is supposed to be a peaceful transition of power. He says what they are doing is wrong and un-American