Rosier economic forecasts push oil prices above 30 dollars a barrel, a two month high for the commodity. Oil started the year over 60 dollars a barrel, and while that is unlikely to return this year LSU Center for Energy Studies Executive Director David Dismukes says the industry can sustain at these prices.
Dismukes says today’s notable 11 percent spike was the result of new positive news related to vaccine development.
The search continues for the gunmen involved in a mass shooting that wounded 13 people in Bogalusa on Saturday night. Major Wendell O’ Berry says between 500 to 800 people gathered at an intersection to remember the life of Dominique James, who was recently murdered. O’ Berry says as the crowd grew shots were fired…
O’ Berry says 12 of the 13 victims were male and some are critically wounded.
Ochsner reports having treated three cases of a suspected COVID-linked disease called Pediatric Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome in Louisiana. Ochsner Lafayette Pediatric Cardiologist Dr. Katherine Lindle says the disease, impacting children, tends to result in rashes, abdominal pain, and inflammation, but fatal outcomes for children afflicted by the disease are rare.
More than half of the reported cases have been found in New York.
Louisiana sees 277 new confirmed positive COVID cases along with 15 new fatalities but does report an increase in hospitalizations and ventilator use linked to infection.