Attorney General Jeff Landry says a college vaccine mandate, such as the one being requested by the LSU Faculty Senate, would be illegal.
State Police are investigating an officer-involved shooting in St. Mary Parish that occurred early Tuesday morning. Berwick Police responded to a suspicious person call who then led officers to an on-foot chase Authorities says 37-year-old Robert Pearce of New Iberia then attempted to carjack a women’s car with what appeared to be a handgun. Officers then discharged their weapons and Pearce was pronounced dead on the scene. The handgun was determined to be a BB gun.
Louisiana K-12 schools will educate over 200,000 students for summer school after a year where most students spent a lot of time out of the classroom and in front of screens. Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley says they managed to have 70 percent of students back in the classroom by the end of the school year, but many still need help before the next school year…
Brumley says to incentivize more summer school attendance they’ve encouraged school systems to use federal funds to create more of a summer camp, and not a traditional summer school experience.
A nasal spray clinical trial is underway to prevent COVID-19. Baton Rouge General Rhinologist Dr. Henry Barham is overseeing the trial in Louisiana and says the spray works differently from the vaccine. The vaccine helps you build up antibodies to fight off the virus when you contract it.