The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) is notifying passengers who were on a flight with a person with a confirmed case of measles. LDH says a public exposure occurred at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport: Concourse B beyond the security checkpoint on Sunday, November 9 between 5 and 8:30 pm. One confirmed case in an adult living in Region 9 (Livingston, St. Helena, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, and Washington parishes). The person was not hospitalized but remains in isolation until no longer contagious. Measles is highly contagious and can remain in the air for up to two hours after an infected person leaves. This is the third case of measles reported in Louisiana this year.
Two Louisiana football are in trouble for fighting at football games. The Sun Belt Conference has suspended seven UL-Lafayette and six Texas State football players after a postgame altercation Head coach Michael Desormeaux (DEZ-er-moe) defended his players.
The SWAC is suspending 18 Grambling State and Bethune-Cookman players for a brawl after halftime on Saturday.
The LSU School of Information Studies is marking this Veterans Day with a huge grant to preserve Vietnam-era military records. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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The Louisiana High School football playoffs start Friday. Jena is the number one seed in Division Three non-select. Sterlington is the defending champ and the two seed. LHSAA Network’s Spencer Verrett says the bracket is loaded with several great teams.