Governor Edwards extends the state’s current Phase Two order and COVID health restrictions for another two weeks as Louisiana reports another 1,700 cases today, along with the highest level of hospitalizations since early May.
This spike in cases across most of the southern US has led the Southwestern Athletic Conference to call it quit on all sports, including football, for the fall. The current plan is to come back and play those seasons in an abridged form in the spring, but Grambling President Rick Gallot says the virus will dictate if football can be played
Southern University Athletics Director Roman Banks says the league is still deciding what the schedule will look like, but they know they’ll play Grambling and once a date is set, they’ll talk with Bayou Classic and New Orleans officials
Qualifying for the November ballot begins at 8 AM tomorrow and as of now, Republican Senator Bill Cassidy does not face a major Democratic challenger. Outgoing State Democratic Party Director Stephen Handwerk says there’s time for a prominent Democrat to get in the race.
Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins’ name has come up as a possible challenger.
New Orleans Fire Chief Tim McConnell says one of the bodies that has been trapped in the Hard Rock Hotel collapse site is likely to be recovered by the end of the week and the other by the middle of next week. McConnell says Rescue workers had thought that it was going to be possible to recover the two bodies last week, but more hurdles got in the way that could have an impact on the current timeline too… weather.