The state health department reported 2,142 new coronavirus cases Friday to bring the total to 103-thousand. The death toll also rose by 30 to 3,604. Hospitalizations also rose to 16-hundred. Several hospitals say their I-C-U’s are filling up with COVID patients and staffing is also an issue. 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.

We have our first hurricane of the 2020 season as Hanna has strengthened into a Category One storm and is set to make landfall later today along Texas’ southern coast. State Climatologist Barry Keim says we could see about two inches of rain along Louisiana’s coast through Monday…
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A study indicates more than one in six Louisiana workers hate their boss. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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Good news Pelicans fans, rookie Zion Williamson has returned to the NBA bubble in Orlando afer being away from the team because of a private family matter. NBA protocol calls for Williamson to quarantine immediately, but while away he regularly tested negative for COVID-19. The Pels have a scrimmage game tonight against Denver.