Lumber prices are down over 40 percent from May, a historic drop off after the commodity hit historic highs last month. Matt Doyle has more.
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The number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Louisiana has hit an all-time low. The state health department reported yesterday 245 people were hospitalized with COVID-19. The previous record low was 267. 34-percent of Louisiana residents are vaccinated against the virus.

Baton Rouge Senator Cleo Fields will speak at a few schools across the state today and tomorrow about his recently signed bill mandating Kindergarten for five-year-olds. Fields wants to explain the new law to parents. He says the concept is simple; if your kid turns five by September 30th next year they must be enrolled in kindergarten.
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The law will kick in for the start of the 2022-23 school year.

The LSU baseball program is mourning the death of Keith Hilliard. He’s the dad of senior LSU pitcher Ma’Khail Hilliard. The 53-year-old Keith Hilliard died in a tubing accident on the Amite River. Livingston Parish Sheriff Jason Ard..
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Ard extends his thoughts and prayers to the Hillard family.