4:30 LRN Newscast Aug 4

LSU announces unvaccinated students will be required to test monthly for COVID during the fall semester. While some professors have asked LSU leadership to make vaccines mandatory System President William Tate is only recommending that students get vaccinated

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Grambling State University is utilizing federal pandemic recovery funds to pay off 1.5 million dollars in student account balances that accrued from spring 2020 through the summer of 2021. Associate VP of Finance Sheliah Faucette says these fees and balances that are being paid off are not the same as student loans.

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An early morning crash in St. Tammany Parish claims the lives of two young girls and leaves two others hospitalized. Saint Tammany Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Captain Lance Vitter says the one-vehicle accident on Guste Island Road west of Madisonville happened shortly after midnight and two young girls were pronounced dead on the scene.

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NOAA has revised its hurricane forecast for this season and it’s now calling for 15-to-21 named storms, seven to ten hurricanes, and three to five major hurricanes. NOAA’s lead seasonal hurricane forecaster Matthew Rosencrans says the potential return of a La Nina favors storm development…

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The 2021 season has already produced five named storms.