Congresswoman Julia Letlow is urging nonvaccinated individuals to make the life-saving decision to roll up their sleeve and get vaccinated. Letlow lost her husband, Luke Letlow last December to COVID, just days before he was to be sworn into congress. Letlow says to those who are on the fence about getting vaccinated she wants them to know like her husband there are more than 610-thousand people who have lost their lives to COVID. For her first piece of legislation, she’s introduced a bill to collect the stories of those who’ve died from COVID and enter them into the Library of Congress.
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Governor Edwards says he is “seriously” considering reimplementing the statewide mask mandate as the Delta COVID surge begins to spiral out of control. All but two parishes are now in the red zone for community spread. The number of hospitalized patients in the state exploded in July from just 259 on July 1st to 1,740 as of July 29th…
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Coast Guard led public hearings into the tragic capsizing of the Seacor Power begin today at the Courtyard Marriot Hotel in Houma.
Legal analyst Tim Meche says The hearings will be held every weekday at 8 AM from now until August 13th. The hearings will be streamed live for those who cannot attend.
Meche says the last high-profile maritime incident in Louisiana was the BP Oil Spill, which did result in criminal charges being brought. That’s no guarantee this time, but…
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A man stabbed to death his grand-mother and injured his mother Sunday morning, starting a rampage across south Baton Rouge. 3 more people ended up getting shot before the man was taken into custody. Police say the grand mother is 78-year-old Dianne Gafford and the suspect is 28 Aaron Morgan