A million masks are being distributed to schools across the state thanks to a partnership between GOHSEP and the Louisiana Department of Education. Matt Doyle has more.
The state is on a six-day streak of COVID hospitalization decreases, down today by 16 to 1,471. Ventilator usage is down by 17 to 223. Nearly 1500 new cases were reported, bringing the state’s total to just shy of 126-thousand. Total fatalities: 3978, an increase of 41.
A Baton Rouge dad is in jail after letting his young children get hands-on with the manufacturing and distribution of drugs. 36-year-old Kevin Evans Jr. was busted after bringing his 10-year-old son along on an alleged drug transaction that went wrong and ended with the kid getting shot by the person trying to buy drugs. When the kid’s mom learned of the gunshot wound, the kids spilled the beans to the police. Baton Rouge Police Sgt. L’Jean McKneely says he’s never seen anything like it.
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Police are still looking for the shooter.
The Colorado State Hurricane forecast team has revised its forecast and they are now calling for an extremely active season with 24 named storms. C-S-U researcher Jhordanne Jones says they also believe we’ll see a dozen hurricanes, five of them will be major hurricanes