2:30 PM Newscast

Matt Doyle asked an LSU economist what the economic impact of holding fan-less LSU football games would be…

Cut 2 (32) “…I’m Matt Doyle”  

Louisiana adds just over 1100 new COVID-19 cases today.  The state reports 44% of those cases are from people 29 and younger.  98% of the new cases are from community spread.  The daily percentage of positive tests in at 9.84%.

A 19-year-old man is dead and a 22-year-old man is behind bars facing a murder charge after an argument inside Dillard’s at Mall St. Vincent in Shreveport accelerated to violence in the Mall’s parking lot Saturday afternoon. Shreveport Police Department Spokesperson, Angie Willhite says immediately after the shooting, the suspect fled the scene.

9 (11) “…city jail.”

(Trey – vee- ous) Treyvious Dotie of Shreveport was arrested in connection and charged with the shooting death.

Parish level leaders are calling for more federal funding as the National Association of Counties estimates budget losses due to COVID-19 are roughly $144 billion. Lafourche Parish President Archie Chaisson says furloughed or laid off local government workers can be even more damaging to the economy of a rural area.

Cut 6 (07) “…lot of cases.”