State and local crime labs across the country face tremendous backlogs in testing DNA and it’s only getting worse. The Louisiana State Police Crime Lab currently has 25-hundred DNA cases awaiting testing. Lieutenant Melissa Matey says the biggest hurdles LSP faces are job vacancies.
Jetsetters flying in and out of Alexandria will have fewer flight options beginning next month and even fewer in June. Executive director of the Alexandria International Airport, Sandra McQuain, says American Airlines will temporarily all Alexandria-Charlotte flights in April, and in June United will cut service to AEX, due to the pilot shortage.
Gas prices rose another seven cents from yesterday. Jeff Palermo reports 4-dollar a gallon gasoline could be possible this summer…
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Less than 400 patients in Louisiana hospitals are being treated for COVID today. 394 people have COVID in Louisiana hospitals.