Over two hundred state troopers around Louisiana are being deployed to New Orleans for Carnival 2020. This is an uptick from last year as crowds are expected to be bigger. Trooper Monroe Dillon says many of the troopers will be positioned in the metro area and the French Quarter.
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Dillon says to get the latest information on parades, use route-wise-dot-nola-dot-gov.

Governor John Bel Edwards proposes spending one-billion dollars a year over the next four years on important coastal restoration projects. Restore the Mississippi River Delta Director Steve Cochran says that money would fund proposed sediment diversions that will redirect river sediment into the wetlands…
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The coronavirus virus is expected to be in St. Tammany Parish within the next three weeks for study at the Tulane Primate Research Center. Matt Doyle has more…
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The mumps outbreak on and around the LSU campus has grown to 16 people. The 16 people infected reportedly had the mumps vaccine before getting the illness.