Brian Trosclair, who employs nearly 500 people at 15 grocery stores he owns in Louisiana and Mississippi, is among those suing in federal court to strike down the Biden vaccine mandate on private-sector employees. He notes those workers were hailed as heroes during the height of the pandemic.
Cut 8 (08) “…for their families.”
Trosclair says the vaccine mandate goes beyond the federal government intervening in the health choices of his workers.

There could soon be another medical treatment in the fight against COVID. Pfizer says its experimental antiviral pill for COVID cuts the rates of hospitalizations and deaths by nearly 90-percent. Chief of Infectious Diseases at LSU Health New Orleans. Doctor Julio Figueroa says for the Pfizer pill to be effective, high-risk adults need to take the medication early in their COVID diagnosis.
Cut 4 (10) “…would fit.”
Pfizer plans to ask FDA for emergency use approval.

The Shreveport Police Department is expected to release more information in the triple-homicide that occurred at a home in the Cedar Grove neighborhood. The suspect, 36-year-old Barry Rigsby, was fatally shot in a shoot-out with police yesterday afternoon in Franklin Parish. Franklin Sheriff Kevin Cobb says they are to determine why Rigsby fled to an apartment complex in Wisner after killing three people, including a 12-year-old.
Cut 15 (12) “…that are needed.”
Investigators say the shooting in Shreveport was the result of a domestic dispute.

Witness testimony has concluded in the case against former St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Jack Strain, who is facing aggravated rape and incest charges. There were nine days of testimony and five accusers told jurors that Strain sexually assaulted them. Strain has said he’s innocent of the charges, but did not take the stand. Closing arguments are scheduled for Monday.