State Health Officer Dr Joe Kanter says the one area of the state he is worried about is Lake Charles. He says they’ve been seeing an increase in COVID cases for about two weeks.
The Calcasieu Parish positivity rate sits at 8.1 percent per the most recent update.
Louisiana gaming revenue is still slow to get back to normal after a tough 2020 was followed up by extreme weather last month. Louisiana Casino Association President Wade Duty says February revenue is down 23-percent from 2020, and that’s partially due to the water situation that happened in Shreveport, but also close to the industry’s new normal.
Several female lawmakers have called on LSU to fire instead of suspending two high-ranking athletic officials for their role in the mishandling of sexual misconduct cases outlined in the Husch Blackwell report. Governor Edwards says the people who contributed to the system-wide failure are not employed at LSU anymore…
LSU faces St, Bonaventure in the first round of NCAA Tournament on Saturday LSU is a young team, with only Javonte Smart and Darius Days having experience in the tournament. Smart says the team needs to treat this like any other game.
Cut 5 (10) “…just another game”
Tip-off Saturday is at 12:45.