Republican Senator John Kennedy already has a challenger in his bid for a second term next year. Democrat Luke Mixon of Baton Rouge says he’s running for the office held by Kennedy since 2017. The 42-year-old Mixon contends Kennedy has cast votes to block billions of dollars to improve our infrastructure and protect the state from natural disasters. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat doesn’t see it in the cards for Mixon, a commercial airline pilot, denying Kennedy another term in office.
The small community of Lafitte in Jefferson Parish is still struggling to recover from Hurricane Ida. Mayor Tim Kerner said this morning that the town’s housing stock suffered a major loss when Ida roared ashore more than a month ago. Kerner indicates the residents of Lafitte are a resilient bunch.
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Social media users were distraught for more than six hours Monday when they were unable to access Facebook and its other platforms, Brooke Thorington has more.
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The Louisiana Department of Health is confirming a COVID-19 outbreak connected to a recent wedding in Abbeville. The Department considers all attendees of this wedding to be exposed to COVID-19 and encourages all attendees to take public health precautions.
The wedding was held at L’Eglise on September 25, 2021. Approximately 150 people were in attendance and several of them subsequently developed symptoms and tested positive the virus that causes COVID-19.