Folks with damaged roofs from Hurricane Ida are still struggling to keep their homes from further damage. Lafourche Parish President Archie Chaisson tells us as Nicholas’ rains cause additional problems, tarps that home and business owners have used thus far, fall short of the federal government’s Blue Roof program.
Tonight, 29-year-old Haley Arceneaux, a Baton Rouge native, will be the first cancer survivor and the first person with a prosthesis to journey into space, a crewmember of the Inspiration4 space mission. Assistant Professor Lindsay Ferrington at LSU Health Shreveport remembers when Arceneaux applied to the LSU Health Shreveport Physician Assistant Program, and she realized then her potential.
Senator Bill Cassidy isn’t pulling any punches to his non-support of folks turning to the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin to battle the Covid 19 virus. He says, unlike the Covid vaccines that have been approved for use and that have saved lives, he’s fully aware of the outcome of using ivermectin to battle the virus.
Cut 15 (07) “…and who died.”
The Chief Civil Deputy at the Caldwell Parish Sheriff’s office, Debbie Dollar, is facing charges of malfeasance in office and theft. State Police Master Trooper Michael Reichardt says the 58-year-old woman stole thousands of dollars from the Caldwell Sheriff’s office
Cut 12 (12) “35-thousand dollars”
Reichardt says Dollar is accused of taking money out of a drawer since January 2020.