The state health department says Louisiana has set another one-day record for COVID infections. Jeff Palermo has the story…:

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Meanwhile, schools in Lincoln Parish will be closed starting tomorrow due to the Omicron surge. They’ll remain closed until after the MLK Day holiday next Monday. A number of school systems statewide are going to virtual learning – at least temporarily – as the number of positive cases keeps growing.

As reported yesterday, U.S. Senator John Kennedy now has two Democrat challengers for the fall election. They are Bunkie resident Luke Mixon, a Navy vet and airline pilot, and Gary Chambers, a Baton Rouge businessman and advocate. UL-Lafayette political science professor Pearson Cross says anyone challenging Kennedy has an uphill climb…:

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Have you donated blood recently? Apparently neither have a lot of people. There’s a shortage of blood both here in Louisiana and across the USA. Ochsner Pathologist Dr. Aimee Goodier (GOOD-yay) says that’s very bad. She says, in addition to accident victims and trauma patients, there are also cancer patients who could need transfusions … and other scenarios…:

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She urges us all to consider donating blood at any nearby blood center.