As the CDC approves Pfizer’s COVID vaccine for kids 5 to 11, an Ascension Parish state lawmaker and others are urging education officials to resist mandating vaccinations for young school children. Gonzales Representative Kathy Edmonston sent a letter to state Education Superintendent Dr. Cade Brumley to that effect…:
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Edmonston’s letter to Brumley was co-signed by 13 other state legislators. In it, she says parents should be either present while their kids are vaccinated at school locations, or given proper notice so as to provide their consent or refusal for reason.

The Louisiana Department of Health says it will issue formal guidance to vaccine providers later today. State Health Officer Doctor Joe Kanter says they now have a powerful new tool to protect children.

After a suicide attempt as a teen, an Ascension Parish woman is now trying to give others hope with her own documentary.
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Another shot of cold air is heading to Louisiana. High temperatures in north Louisiana today will only be in the low to mid-50s and National Weather Service meteorologist Matt Hemingway says Friday morning lows will get below 40-degrees…
cut 13 (08) “…in the week”