The State Department of Health announces that flu shots will be offered at no cost at 55 Parish Health Units across the state on January 31st. State Immunization Director Dr. Frank Welch says the flu is rampant this year, and you should know the signs if you suddenly get sick…:
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He says they want everyone to get vaccinated in time for Mardi Gras visitors.

The jury is expected to get the Ronald Gasser case today. He’s the man who fatally shot former NFL player Joe McKnight in Jefferson Parish in 2016, and prosecutors reconstructed the scene for jurors on Thursday. The defense, who didn’t call a single witness, argues McKnight tried to lunge at Gasser through a car window in a fit of road rage. The prosecution is attempting to demonstrate the vehicle would not have allowed for that.

The Audubon Insectarium has created a cricket King Cake. Curator of Animal Programs Zack Lemann says their invention is very filling…:
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The cricket King Cakes are baked from scratch at the insectarium.

A former Monroe children’s TV show host will now have to register as a sex offender for inappropriate conduct with a child in 1979…:
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