1030 AM LRN News

314-thousand vaccine doses have been deployed in Louisiana but the much-hyped ramp-up of vaccinations won’t be coming for at least another month or more. State Health Officer Doctor Joe Kanter expects the allocation to remain flat for the next four to five weeks…

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Gas prices have jumped twenty cents in just the last month. Louisiana Oil and Gas Association interim President Mike Moncla says it’s partly due to the industry foreseeing the Biden Administration’s oil and gas policies like revoking the Keystone Pipeline and halting new leases…

Cut 7 (09) “..goes up.”

The Administration says the moves are needed to help combat catastrophic global warming by lowering the nation’s carbon output. President Biden has pushed for the country to become carbon neutral by 2050.

A St. John The Baptist pastor, and alleged child murderer is running for Congress in Louisiana’s 5th District. Errol Victor Sr. was convicted of murdering his stepson with the child’s mother and was featured on America’s Most Wanted after fleeing following the alleged murder but is getting a retrial due to a non-unanimous conviction. ULM Political Science Professor Joshua Stockley doesn’t give him much of a shot and wonders why he’s running…

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New Orleans City Park will be hosting “Floats in the Oaks” starting February 7th to showcase this year’s floats that won’t be rolling due to the pandemic. Delgado baseball coach Joe Scheurmann first came up with the idea and says this allows people to celebrate differently than they normally would.

Cut 10 (13) “…they go”