Many businesses can resume operations today at 25 percent capacity as Louisiana enters Phase One. State Fire Marshal Butch Browning says churches can resume indoor services, but worshipers will be spaced out six feet in every direction between your family and fellow attendees.
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Inside dining resumes today, while gyms, nails, and hair salons are also able to open at 25-percent capacity.

The state department of education expects more childcare centers will re-open as more parents are head back to work. Assistant Superintendent Jessica Baghian says their guidance calls for new procedures for pick up and drop off, separating children into smaller groups and requiring workers to wear masks. Baghian says mask-wearing is recommended for children as able…
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The Governor’s proclamation that loosens the restrictions on many businesses is in effect today, but one mayor in Sabine Parish has told his citizens he doesn’t plan to actively enforce it. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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More than a foot of rain fell in an area between Ponchatoula and Madisonville last night, flooding homes in Tangipahoa and St. Tammany parishes. High water rescues were needed in some in Northshore neighborhoods. Parts of St. Charles Parish also report flooding and more rain is in the forecast today.