1230 PM LRN News

Louisiana set an all-time-high Tuesday for COVID-related hospitalizations at 2,112 as the Delta COVID surge tears through the largely unvaccinated Bayou State. To combat the seemingly unchecked growth in new cases Governor John Bel Edwards signed an order re-implementing the statewide mask mandate, but he does not expect the mandate will be achieved through state penalties on offenders…

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Louisiana has the fastest per-capita growth in new COVID cases in the nation, reporting 47-hundred new cases today. 59 COVID-related deaths were also reported today.

Heartbreak for LSU QB Myles Brennan as the senior will have to undergo surgery on his non-throwing arm. Tiger Rag Editor Ron Higgins has learned Brennan broke his humerus bone…

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Kids will return to fall classes in face masks under the new statewide mask mandate issued by the Governor. Brooke Thorington has more from the State Superintendent of Education.

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