Ochsner CEO Warner Thomas says this fourth surge of the coronavirus is sending younger people to the hospital with COVID symptoms. Thomas says in the spring of 2020, ten to 15-percent of their COVID patients were younger than 50…
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COVID hospitalizations have hit a six-month high with over 15-hundred people hospitalized statewide.

Governor John Bel Edwards has told the White House that southwest Louisiana needs three billion dollars to help rebuild homes, businesses, and other infrastructure following last year’s hurricanes. House Minority Whip Steve Scalise says the White House knows what must be done, but they have yet to ask Congress to approve the funding…
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A spokesperson for Senator John Kennedy says Louisiana’s junior senator will try to add disaster relief money to an infrastructure bill that could start moving soon in the Senate.

Ochsner Health has become the official healthcare provider of the LHSAA and will also serve as the title sponsor for high school championship events. LHSAA Director Eddie Bonine says Ochsner will have athletic trainers at their title events and Ochsner also plans to develop a curriculum that would attract student-athletes into health care…
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The town of Mamou in Evangeline Parish will soon be home to a swinger trailer park. The slogan for Tee Boi’s Swinger Trailer Park is bring your house and share your spouse. Nick Broussard works for the owner of the Trailer Park and admits it’s a unique business venture…
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Broussard says they’ve received phone calls, from New York, California, and everywhere in between.