Governor John Bel Edwards addresses the Omicron variant and so far, the variant has not been found in Louisiana. Edwards explained that the Department of Health has established a network of laboratories and they are proactively sequencing positive PCR tests.
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The variant has been detected in five other states.
Over the past 30 days, Louisiana State troopers have seized more than six million dollars in illegal narcotics during numerous traffic stops. Trooper William Huggins says on Wednesday a stop in St. Tammany Parish led to the discovery of a large quantity of suspected meth.
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Over the past month, troopers seized 577 pounds of marijuana worth an estimated one-point-six-million dollars.
In Livingston Parish jury deliberations are underway in the trial of 42-year-old Melanie Curtain, the woman accused of raping and videotaping a drugged woman during a 2014 assault, allegedly directed by former Livingston Parish sheriff’s deputy Dennis Perkins. Perkins was arrested two years ago along with his now ex-wife Cynthia Perkins and will be tried next year for a combined 150 counts alleging they raped two children, an adult and produced child pornography
With Chronic Wasting Disease detected in Arkansas, which can be fatal to white-tailed deer, State Veterinarian Jim LaCour with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says they are issuing a ban on baiting and feeding in nearby Moorehouse and Union parishes beginning December 6.