The Louisiana health department reported another 47-hundred new COVID cases today and COVID hospitalizations increased to over 22-hundred. And L-D-H also reported another 44 COVID deaths. State Health officer Doctor Joe Kanter says during this Delta surge do not blow off any symptoms, no matter how mild…
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Two teenagers died overnight and two others were injured in a single-vehicle crash on a rural road near Madisonville. Captain Lance Vitter with the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s office says they believe speed was a contributing factor in this tragedy…
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Vitter says the four occupants in the vehicle were all 16-years-old and from Madisonville.

LSU announced that unvaccinated students will be required to test monthly for COVID during the fall semester. System President William Tate says when students arrive on campus for the semester, they will be required to submit proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test. Tate says the policy is part of several other safety protocols…
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Tate says masks will also be required indoors at all times, except when individuals are alone in their offices.

The tropics have been quiet lately, but NOAA’s climate prediction center still predicts an above-average hurricane season with 15 to 21 named storms. Lead seasonal hurricane forecaster Matthew Rosencrans…
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The season has already produced five named storms and one hurricane.