New research suggests citywide COVID vaccine mandates enacted in New Orleans and other cities may have been all for naught. Kevin Gallagher reports…:
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The trucking industry is still being impacted by a shortage of drivers. Teiko Foxx has more…
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Deputies have solved a 13-year-old case in Tangipahoa Parish after a witness decided to come forward. Brooke Thorington has more.
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A new research study finds that COVID-19 mandates put in place in many American cities made virtually no difference in stopping the spread of the virus. Vitor Melo (pronounce: VEE-tor Mellow) conducted the study for George Mason University’s Mercatus Center. He says they looked at infections and deaths in cities that mandated COVID shots and those that did not…:
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Many cities, including New Orleans, imposed citywide mandates; requiring bar, restaurant, and venue employees to have the shots or close down temporarily. Melo says his study also looked at whether people decided to get COVID shots because a citywide mandate was in place, and found no evidence that was the case…:
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He says those who resisted the shots would simply go to a nearby city with no mandates to visit bars or restaurants.
Melo says his research makes no statement on the vaccine itself or its effectiveness. He only looked at how the policies performed, and the results show no evidence vaccine mandates made a noteworthy difference in impeding the spread of COVID. He says many felt they were being penalized for being reluctant to get “the Jab”…:
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Melo hopes his research will be considered by public officials if there is another disease-related health emergency in the future.
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The truck driving shortage continues to put a strain on the trucking industry -creating a gap between professional CDL-licensed drivers and delivering goods. Programs have been set up to assist in closing the gap. The Louisiana Motor Transport Association (LMTA) Director Renee Amar says…
Lowering the legal truck driving age may close the worker shortage gap. Amar says hiring younger may be a solution.
Amar says that there is no single solution that will help with the shortage but dedication is a must.
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Deputies have solved a 13-year-old case in Tangipahoa Parish after a witness decided to come forward. 30-year-old Monterey Paige Senior for the murder of 22-year-old Jamin (jay-men) Robinson. Jimmy Travis, Chief Deputy with the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office, says in 2010 Robinson was found on the side of the road in Independence and originally they thought he was a victim of a hit and run.
Paige was arrested in Chambers County, Texas, and faces murder charges, several failure-to-appear counts, and one charge of jumping bail.
Travis says they finally got a break in the case when an eyewitness came forward.
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A motive in the case has not been released. Travis says even though Paige was 17 years old in 2010, Travis says he is charged as an adult.
TPSO says they hope the arrest will bring the Robinson family some closure. Paige was extradited back to Louisiana and is being held in the Tangipahoa Parish Prison.
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Shreveport Police have made arrests in both the shooting incidents that took place last Saturday night, during the Krewe of Gemini parade. S.P.D. spokesman Corporal Chris Bordelon says they identified the suspect in a non-fatal shooting that happened around 6:15 Saturday night on Clyde Fant Parkway…:
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The suspect is 22-year-old Antoine Ball, of Shreveport. He got into some sort of argument with the male victim when he drew a gun and fired one shot. The victim will recover. Bordelon says the accused shooter surrendered at around 2 Thursday afternoon…:
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There was a second shooting at the Gemini parade as well. Bordelon says, in that incident, some friends were horse playing on the parade route when one started messing with a gun and accidentally shot and killed 17-year-old student athlete Kip Lewis. That suspect stayed at the scene and surrendered to police immediately. Bordelon says S.P.D. is saddened that either incident even happened…:
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