9:30 LRN Newscast August 3

The Louisiana Health Department reported 58 more COVID-19 deaths on Sunday. The number of people hospitalized since Friday has declined slightly. The state is expected to surpass 120-thousand cases today and Governor Edwards is expected to announce tomorrow that Louisiana will remain in Phase two , as the current order expires Friday.

The Louisiana Health Department has looked back at the deaths of pregnant women in 2017 and finds most of them were preventable…
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The SEC’s decision to play only conference games this season leaves ULM with two holes on their football schedule and the school will miss out on a reported three-point-two million dollars. That’s how much the school would have received for playing Arkansas and Georgia. ULM athletic director Scott McDonald still wants to talk with those schools
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McDonald does not believe ULM will lose out on that money.

The Saints have reportedly completed their intital rounds of COVID-19 testing and there were zero positive tests for players. So that means conditioning work begins at the team’s training facility. Quarterback Drew Brees is ready to begin his 15th season with the Black and Gold…
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Brees says he’s been able to break a habit of licking his fingers, because of COVID-19.