Governor John Bel Edwards has called a news conference for 10:30am after the state recorded another single-day high number of COVID cases..:
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New Orleans Police say a man is behind bars after detectives found a dismembered body in a freezer on his property inside a school bus in the 9th Ward. They say 34-year-old Benjamin Beale is booked on several drugs and weapons charges along with obstruction of justice. Cops were searching the man’s home in relation to the disappearance of a woman named Julia Dardar who has been missing since at least last November. This investigation is ongoing.

A study from the National Center for Health Statistics finds from 2019 to 2020 drug overdose deaths increased more than 50-percent in Louisiana. Ben Miller, President of Well Being Trust, says the pandemic made things worse, but this has been a growing problem for some time…:
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He says if something isn’t done now, these terrible trends will continue.

The housing market in Louisiana is booming. Louisiana Realtors Association Director of Business and Professional Development Amy Fennell says “For Sale” signs don’t stay up long:
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She says because things are so hot right now it’s best to use a realtor if you’re selling a home because you’re likely to get multiple offers.