COVID cases are surging and hospitalization numbers are rising sharply, but deaths and ventilator use are not following at the same rate as the state’s first wave in April. Ochsner Chief Medical Officer Dr. Robert Hart says it appears that’s because this new wave of cases is disproportionately impacting young people.
Hart says Ochsner currently has plenty of ventilator capacity, but that hospital bed usage has seen a big increase over the last month.
The Office of Motor Vehicles is expanding the number of offices that will operate using only online appointment scheduling by seven. OMV Spokesperson Matthew Boudreaux says the online scheduler is very easy to use.
A Lake Charles man who authorities say fatally shot two people and left third person fighting for her life is now in custody. Calcasieu Sheriff Tony Mancuso says the manhunt that went on for over 24 hours wrapped up when 51-year-old Neil Broussard surrendered by going to a Dollar General and asking an employee to call the cops. Mancuso says a motive for Broussard’s actions is still unclear.
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The Tiger Truck Stop in Grosse Tete is changing ownership and the new proprietors will no longer display the collection of exotic animals that have put a spotlight on the business. The flagship animal, a 550-pound Bengal tiger named Tony, died in 2017. Now-former truck stop owner Michael Sandlin says that death hit him hard.