The vaccine rate among 12 to 18-year-olds in the state is 35-percent and with the COVID vaccine expected to be approved for 5 to 11 years olds will parents get them vaccinated? Dr. Ben Springgate with LSU Health New Orleans says he thinks a third will have them vaccinated ASAP and others will speak with their pediatrician first. But, he says, there are minimal side effects reported in youngsters…:

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The FDA has already approved the COVID shots for kids 5 to 11. The CDC alsoapproved the shots today.

A Bossier Parish man is charged with inappropriate contact with two minors. Bossier Sheriff’s deputies say a tip led them to 72-year-old Jimmy Dillard, who reportedly admitted the three separate acts with two kids younger than 13; one of which happened in his home. Charged with molestation of a juvenile, Dillard’s bond is set at $600-thousand.

State Police are investigating a fatal police shooting in Houma Monday. Jeff Palermo has more…:

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That man is now identified as 36-year-old Jimmy McGee of Houma.

Senator Bill Cassidy reintroduces bipartisan legislation to keep the National Flood Insurance Program pretty much as it is for five more years; avoiding huge premium increases which he calls “unacceptable”…:

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