The UL System will take a 28 million dollar net hit to revenue this fiscal year, and is planning for a five percent total drop in revenue for the fiscal year starting July 1st. Matt Doyle has the story.
A 72-year-old woman attacked by her two pit bulls in Mandeville on Thursday afternoon has died from her injuries. St. Tammany Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the scene after a neighbor called to report the attack. Upon arrival the dogs began attacking the deputies and eventually both animals were killed during the response. The victim died at a hospital on the Northshore earlier today.
Governor Edwards is demanding businesses comply with coronavirus restrictions as the state reported another 13-hundred cases today. Earlier this month, the governor loosened capacity restrictions on businesses and re-opened bars. Edwards has paused the state’s re-opening, extending the Phase 2 guidelines for another 28 days as the number of hospitalizations has risen to 700. The governor says the state office of public health, A-T-C and state fire marshal deputies will conduct robust compliance checks when they get complaints…
Blaine Kern, Sr., who was widely considered Mr. Mardi Gras, has died. Kern built his first Mardi Gras float on the back on a mule-drawn wagon with his father in 1932 and is credited for turning Mardi Gras float building into a multi-million dollar business. Mardi Gras expert Arthur Hardy says Kern’s energy and creativity did not slow down in the later years of his life.
Cut 10 (10) “…just didn’t stop.”
He was 93.