The Louisiana Health Department reported 2,142 new coronavirus cases today to bring the state’s total to 103-thousand. The death toll also rose by another 30 to 3,604. Hospitalizations also rose to 16-hundred. Several hospitals are reporting their I-C-U’s are filling up with COVID patients and staffing is also a problem. Doctor Henry Kaufman with Our Lady of the Lourdes in Lafayette…
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The state made a request to the federal government for 700 health care workers, but other states are facing similar situations.

Tropical Storm Hanna is gaining strength as it moves over the Western Gulf of Mexico and it’s set to make landfall near Corpus Christi, Texas tomorrow. State Climatologist Barry Keim says coastal parishes can expect at least three inches of rain through Monday….
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The state’s senior Senator was in Baton Rouge today signing up to run for a second six-year term in office. Matt Doyle was there…
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In St. John the Baptist Parish, Judge Jeff Perllioux, who is accused of molesting his teenage daughter’s friends, qualified for re-election today. Perllioux has been suspended since 2018, but has held on to his seat as he awaits on trial on three counts of indecent behavior with a juvenile and a sexual battery charge. Perilloux denies any wrongdoing.