Funeral services were held yesterday in Covington for Father Otis Young, the retired catholic priest who was murdered over the Thanksgiving weekend. Young and a church volunteer were beaten and stabbed to death, then burned. Ex-con Antonio Tyson has been arrested for the crime.

The Louisiana Legislative Auditor’s office releases details from a survey about the level of satisfaction workers felt within the Department of Children and Family Services…:

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Monroe Police responded to four overdose deaths over the weekend, within a 72 hour span. Monroe Police Chief Vic Zordan, who’s also a former DEA agent, says he believes a particularly deadly strain of fentanyl is going around. He says an arrest has been made in connection with one of the overdose deaths…:

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He says about two-thirds of the drugs they confiscate contain fentanyl.

Flu season is hitting us hard this year. The CDC says almost 9-million Americans have gotten seriously sick with flu. Here in Louisiana, about 10-percvent of all ER visits are flu related, says state Health Officer Dr. Joe Kanter. He says the best way to lower your chances of getting sick is to get the flu shot right away…:

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Flu shots are available almost everywhere and are free at parish health units to those that cannot afford one.