Entergy says it is ready for the 2022 Hurricane Season…David Grubb has more on how they plan to keep the power on…:

CUT 02(35)      “…David Grubb.”

A Shreveport man is recovering from serious injuries sustained Tuesday, when his girlfriend ran over him with her vehicle…several times. The victim says an argument led to the attack. 22-year-old Leasia Williams is charged with attempted murder.

Doctors are concerned for Louisiana cancer patients and others needing imaging diagnoses, amid a nationwide shortage of the contrast dye used in CT scans. The dye is made by GE Healthcare at a plant in Shanghai, China; now on lockdown due to another COVID virus surge there. LSU Health New Orleans radiology professor Bradley Spieler (pronounced: SPEE-ler) says doctors in Louisiana are forced to delay non-essential CT scans, and concentrate on those that are more of an emergency…:

CUT 09(12)      “…that imaging question.”

He says GE Healthcare is trying to ramp up dye production in other countries, but it could be late fall before any real relief is seen.

A Plaquemines Parish Sheriff’s deputy was seriously injured when he was hit by an A-T-V that he was pursuing. State Police Trooper Kate Stegall says 18-year-old Reginald Hamilton of New Orleans is facing numerous charges including attempted first degree murder of a police officer. She says Hamilton and the deputy remain hospitalized…:

CUT 13(09)      “…receiving treatment.”