Starting at noon Louisianans who’ve received at least one COVID shot can register to win up to a million dollars through the state’s vaccine lottery program.
State police are investigating the death of an 11-year old Morris Naron of Plain Dealing. Naron was a passenger on a utility terrain vehicle being driven by a 14-year old and not wearing a seatbelt when the accident occurred Sunday afternoon. It happened on Grant Circle in Webster Parish. Troopers say it’s illegal to drive or operate off-road vehicles on public roadways in the state.
Real Reform Louisiana delivered tiki torches to the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry’s office in Baton Rouge because auto insurance rates have yet to decline as a result of the tort reform legislation last year. Real Reform Louisiana’s executive director Eric Holl says rates have actually gone up.
So why tiki torches? Holl says LABI President Stephen Waguespack told radio talk show host, that he would grab a tiki torch and go to the Capitol if rates did not go down.
State Health Officer Dr. Joe Kanter says a study suggests about a quarter of all those who’ve had Post COVID Conditions have had to seek medical care to treat the condition. Kanter says there’s a broad list of symptoms that reportedly as many as 80 percent of those who were infected will experience even after testing negative.