Second Congressional District Congressman Troy Carter begins his “Building A Better Louisiana Infrastructure Tour” in the state today. Brooke Thorington has more.

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Authorities now say it will be Sunday when Entergy crews repair power lines that were damaged in that Tuesday afternoon helicopter crash on I-10 along the Bonnet Carre Spillway Bridge.  It had been scheduled for this morning. The repairs are expected to take about three hours when crews begin work on Sunday.

As the Omicron variant of COVID-19 becomes more prominent here in Louisiana and dozens of other states in the nation, Tulane epidemiologist, Dr. Susan Hassig is fearing yet another surge in the virus.  Dr. Hassig indicates that the clinical jury is still out on just how dangerous Omicron is compared to the known impact of the Delta variant.

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State police are investigating an officer-involved shooting near Duson in Lafayette Parish. It happened around 7:30 Tuesday morning as sheriff’s deputies investigated a car with a possible stolen license plate. The passenger surrendered peacefully, but Trooper Thomas Gossen said the driver had other ideas.

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Deputies found the 41-year-old Lafayette man at a home suffering from gunshot wounds. He’s hospitalized with apparent non-life-threatening injuries.