Our Lady of the Lake and Louisiana Children’s Medical Center are investing 245-million dollars into the school, the largest philanthropic gift in the university history. Jeff Palermo has the story…:

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In a press conference today, Governor Edwards did not offer to end or ease his emergency declaration for the coronavirus. The governor says the state still has a long way to go in fighting the virus. Right now, fewer than 1200 people are in the hospital with COVID and national experts say the pandemic is becoming endemic.

U.S. Senate candidate Gary Chambers announced today that his campaign has raised nearly six hundred thousand dollars since its launch last month; not bad for a candidate that’s relatively unknown statewide. U.L.-Lafayette political science professor Dr. Pearson Cross says, if Chambers can keep up the fundraising momentum, be may become serious contender…:

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Chambers is running to replace John Kennedy in the Senate this fall. Most political experts give Kennedy a large advantage.

Caddo Parish deputies arrest a 20-year-old man after he climbed into the bedroom window of a teenage girl he had previously threatened with physical harm. Sheriff’s office spokesperson Bia Rolden says a K-9 found 20-year-old Gaven Coon-Crowley of Benton hiding in the attic, and after some bites and scratches – flushed him out. She says this is not the first time that Coon-Crowley had been in the teen’s house unwanted..:

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Rolden says they do not believe Coon-Crowley was armed when he was arrested this past weekend.