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.
CWD, or Chronic Wasting Disease that can infect, sicken, or even prove fatal to white-tailed deer is becoming a growing concern in Louisiana.
Deputies in Ascension Parish say a man found shot to death inside a pickup on I-10 late Thursday night was the victim of a dispute that started miles away. The bullet-riddled vehicle was stopped in the roadway near the Highway 73 exit; blocking all three lanes. The driver was alive, the passenger dead at the scene. An investigation is ongoing.