A wedding attended by about 150 people in Abbeville is drawing more attention to such gatherings being potential super-spreader events for the coronavirus. More from Dave Brannen.
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Power is finally coming back on in Grand Isle over a month since Hurricane Ida made landfall. Jefferson Parish President Cynthia Lee Sheng says Entergy has set up a temporary generation plant that is supplying power to some residents. But Sheng says water and sewage are still down.

Senator Bill Cassidy says a spending bill signed by President Biden last week will send 600-million dollars in hurricane recovery money to southwest Louisiana to help rebuild homes and other infrastructure after last year’s hurricanes. Lake Charles Mayor Nic Hunter has said that’s not enough and Cassidy says the chances of getting additional funding are not good…
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Cassidy says the bill approved last week contains one billion dollars for Hurricane Ida recovery.

Lung cancer makes up about 25-percent of all cancer deaths, but Baton Rouge General is one of the first hospitals in the U-S to use innovative robotic technology for lung cancer diagnosis. Pulmonologist Doctor Michael Sanchez says the Monarch Platform robot will lead to safer and quicker diagnoses…
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He says a quicker diagnosis leads to greater potential for curing lung cancer.