Mardi Gras 2021 will not be canceled but the Mayor of New Orleans did announce that it will have to be different seeing as it’s about 100 days away and the pandemic doesn’t seem to be disappearing any time soon. Mardi Gras Guide Publisher Arthur Hardy warns we’re getting awfully tight on time and sooner rather than later krewes must get explicit guidance on what the season will look like.
19-year-old Jamyron Magee was arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree murder for allegedly shooting and killing 19-year-old Ka’Kyrie Clark and 18-year-old Nathaniel Sharply at a party in Lafayette. Lafayette Police Sgt. Nicole Oaks says he also injured two…
Governor Edwards surveys damage from Hurricane Zeta and gives an estimate for power restoration for those still without electricity. Brooke Thorington has more.
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Lawyers for Dyteon Simpson, the man charged in the 2018 slaying of LSU basketball player Wade Sims says the trial should be moved from Baton Rouge. Attorneys for Simpson say he cannot get a fair trial in East Baton Rouge Parish because of news coverage. District attorney, Hillar Moore opposes the change of venue.