Voters in a handful of parishes in southeast Louisiana need to check ahead before they cast their ballot on November 13th due to site changes because of Ida. Brooke Thorington explains.
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There’s word that the FDA may soon allow the mixing and matching of COVID-19 vaccines, and that’s good news for a number of reasons. More from Dave Brannen.
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Matthew Mire, the man accused in the multi-parish shooting spree that killed two, including a state trooper has been relocated to Angola State Penitentiary as he awaits trial. Legal analyst Franz Borghardt points out that Mire is simply being housed in Angola, he’s not servicing a sentence there.
Borghardt says Mire was moved from Ascension Parish at the request of Sheriff Bobby Webre. He believes the suspect’s safety is a major factor for Mire’s transfer to Angola.
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Mire is reportedly being held in lockdown in Angola, thus separated from other inmates. While it’s not the norm for a suspect awaiting trial to be held in the state prison Borghardt says it’s not completely unusual and from a defense attorney’s perspective you want your client in a location where they are accessible and feel comfortable.
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Mire is accused of killing two and shooting four others in the Baton Rouge area on October 9th. He’s facing charges that include two counts of first-degree murder.
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Voters in nine southeast parishes of the state will not be voting at their usual polling location due to the devastation left by Hurricane Ida. Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin says they will be sending out information to those affected along with radio ads alerting them of their new voting location.
You can do so via the Geaux Vote app, that’s G-E-A-U-X, or call 1-800-883-2805.
Ida was responsible for delaying election day approximately a month to give voting officials time to move voting locations if needed and allow displaced voters time to vote absentee if needed. The dates for the primary and general elections are now scheduled for November 13th and December 11th respectively.
In Lafourche and Terrebonne Parishes in an effort to keep voters from driving too far from their usual locations Ardoin says they will have tents set up outside buildings where voters usually cast their ballots.
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If you are displaced due to Ida and living outside of the parish where you usually vote Ardoin says to contact the registrar’s office in the parish where you are registered and have them send you an absentee ballot ASAP.
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He says the reason you should expedite returning your ballot is due to anticipated postal delays. For more information, you can also visit the Secretary of State’s website at sos.la.gov.
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The FDA could soon move to approve the mixing and matching of COVID-19 vaccines, especially good news for those seeking a different booster shot. Dr. Lisa Morici with the Tulane School of Medicine.
Dr. Morici says that studies are showing that the mixing of vaccines shots has actually had a positive impact on producing higher antibody responses.
Morici says the mixing of vaccine boosters has shown no indication of being harmful.
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Morici says data from overseas indicates a positive response to the mix-and-match approach.
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Sabine Parish authorities with the help of an LSU forensic team have identified the skeletal remains found in a private water well 35 years ago. The remains are Lester Rome of Grand Isle. Jefferson Parish authorities reported him missing in 1984. Detective Chris Abrahams with the Sabine Sheriff’s office says the recovery of more skeletal remains from the well in April led to the positive I-D..
Rome was 58-years-old at the time. Abrahams says they are trying to determine how a south Louisiana man was disposed of in northwest Louisiana…
Abrahams says they are searching for more information that may lead to the person or persons responsible for the death of Rome…