Our Lady of the Lake infectious disease expert Dr. Catherine O’Neal says it is not safe to have fall contact high school sports right now but says she is optimistic about college athletics. O’Neal says before K-12 contact sports can resume the state needs to prove it can reopen schools without having to shut communities down due to outbreaks.
High school football is set to resume October 8th, but the LHSAA says the state will have to be in Phase Three.
In the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic, UL Lafayette, ULM, McNeese, Northwestern, and Southeastern all start back to class today. Nicholls and Grambling started last week. UL System President Jim Henderson says the initial outlook on class and campus operations seems promising.
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Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin proposed plan for the November 3rd Presidential election and December run-off scales-back eligibility for requesting an absentee ballot compared to the July and August elections. Ardoin says the plan has been tailored to work in Phase Two compared to the stay at home order.
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The plan would also increase the state’s early voting period to ten days versus seven and add an extra hour and a half to each day.
A 14-year-old girl from St. Mary Parish died over the weekend in a jet ski accident in Lower St. Martin Parish. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries spokesperson Ed Pratt says a 17-year-old allowed the victim and another 15-year-old girl to operate separate jet skis, adding that possible charges are pending against the 17-year-old who allowed the girls to operate the jet skis…
State law says you must be at least 16-years-old to operate a jet ski