A fatal hit and run on Highway 165 over the weekend claims the lives of two teenagers and has landed a Monroe man in jail. State Police Trooper Michael Reichardt says 22-year-old Corey Buie was traveling south when he struck two people who were crossing the intersection at night. He then left without calling it in…
The victims have been identified as 17-year-old Brianna Neal and 18-year-old Shedricka Hollins, both of Monroe.
As the excitement of the vaccine rollout grows, the Better Business Bureau has a warning about sharing a photo of your vaccination card. Baton Rouge Better Business Bureau President, Carmen Million says people like to share about their lives on social media, but sometimes they share too much.
An Allen Parish cemetery has changed the language in its contract that now allows for blacks to be buried at their cemetery. Oaklin Cemetery Association President Creig Vizena says he and the Board were unaware the language was in the contract and after calling the courthouse, they discovered it’s been in their paperwork since the 1950s…
The family of Darrell Semien, an Allen Parish Sheriff’s Deputy, tried to bury Semien at that cemetery but was turned away because he was black.
State Health Officer Doctor Joseph Kanter says there’s a myth about the vaccine that needs to go away, that the COVID vaccine itself can give you COVID…
Cut 11 (10) “….virus.”
Kanter says also the vaccine does not impact your fertility.