Louisiana is embarking on a new effort in the fight to end the coronavirus pandemic. Chief of Pediatrics at LSU-Health Shreveport Doctor John Vanchiere says Louisiana will receive 148-thousand doses of kid-size Pfizer COVID vaccines to vaccinate five to eleven-year-olds…
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Vanchiere says no shortcuts were taken in the safety protocols or in the production of the vaccine.

A survey of the National Federation of Independent Business indicates a lack of optimism that things are going to get better at the retail level before they get worse because of supply chain problems and staffing shortages. Dawn McVea heads up the NFIB in Louisiana.
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Both of Louisiana’s Senators are co-authors of a new bill that would prohibit the payment of 450-thousand dollars to illegal immigrants who were separated from their families at the border when they were detained. Senator Bill Cassidy is outraged over the reported proposal from the Biden Administration…
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When reporters asked President Biden about the proposed payments to illegal immigrants, he says that will not happen.

Louisiana College is seeking to change its name to Louisiana Christian University. President Rick Brewer says the rebrand will let prospective students know that the Pineville school has a Christian educational mission…
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The Louisiana Baptist Convention which meets in less than two weeks has to approve the name change.

Pediatric doses of the Pfizer COVID vaccine are beginning to arrive in Louisiana for children five to eleven. State Health Officer Dr. Joe Kanter says by the end of next week the state should have received 148,000 doses.
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The vaccine dose for this age group is a third of the adult dose and consists of two doses given twenty-one days apart.

Louisiana College in Pineville is changing its name to Louisiana Christian University. President Rick Brewer says the rebranding will help prospective students learn L-C-U is more than simply an undergraduate school…
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An official announcement of the rebranding will take place on November 16th

Covid -19, supply chain and staffing issues, are continuing to derail the normal efforts of small businesses as the holidays approach. More from Dave Brannen.
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A massive manhunt is underway in Shreveport after a woman walked into a home overnight and found three people shot to death including a 12-year-old. Authorities believe it’s a domestic incident and the suspect, who they have yet to identify, has a history of criminal violence. He’s considered armed and dangerous.

By the end of next week, 148,000 pediatric doses of the Pfizer COVID vaccine should be in Louisiana to begin the first round of shots for five to 11-year-olds. Brooke Thorington has more
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Shreveport Police are investigating an overnight triple homicide and a male suspect remains at large and is considered armed and dangerous. Authorities say the suspect has a violent criminal history. KTBS-TV reports one of the victims is 12-years-old.

You hear a lot about supply chain issues. The National Federation of Independent Business has conducted a survey of its members and they’ve found that the supply chain disruptions are only getting worse…
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NFIB State Director Dawn McVea says nearly half of small business owners say that both the supply chain and the staffing shortage will impact their holiday sales.

Senator Bill Cassidy is among 14 Senate Republicans looking to block the payment of nearly a half-million dollars each to illegal immigrants who were separated from their families at the border when detained.
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But When asked about paying migrant immigrants, President Joe Biden said yesterday that’s not going to happen and calls a Wall Street Journal report that it was being considered by the White House “garbage.”

State Police investigators say a Houma man who was fatally shot during an encounter with police officers on Monday afternoon had a screwdriver in his hands. Trooper Ross Brennan says 36-year-old Johnny Magee did not respond to commands to stop moving towards the officers…
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Magee’s mother told New Orleans TV stations her son suffered from a mental illness and pleaded with the cops not to shoot him.

Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon says insurer GeoVera is leaving the state’s property insurance market. Donelon says there are several insurers who are facing solvency concerns as a result of the destruction from Hurricane Ida…
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GeoVera represented one percent of the state’s homeowners insurance market.

After a suicide attempt as a teen, an Ascension Parish woman is now trying to give others hope with her own documentary.
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More bad injury news for the Saints. All-pro wide receiver Michael Thomas says he will not play this season. Thomas has been working to return after undergoing offseason surgery on his ankle, but in a social media post Thomas says there’s been a setback and he will not be back this season.

More information is being released about a deadly officer-involved shooting in Houma late Monday afternoon. More from Dave Brannen.
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Get ready for temperature drop especially for north Louisiana as morning lows will get down to the 30s by the end of the week. Matt Hemingway with the National Weather Service says it will not be as cold for south Louisiana…
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High temperatures statewide will be in the 60s tomorrow.

The CDC has given emergency use authorization for children between the ages of five to eleven years old to receive a kids-size Pfizer COVID vaccine. Gonzales Representative Kathy Edmonston and some of her colleagues have sent a letter to Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley that the COVID vaccine for kids is only emergency use authorization, so it should not be mandated…
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Edmonston says that if vaccines are administered at schools, the child’s parent should be present or there must be verified written consent.

A 21-year-old woman in Ascension Parish has helped produce a documentary that tells her story of trying to commit suicide as a 16-year-old. The suicide attempt with a gun has left Emma Benoit paralyzed. She wanted to tell her story so that other teenagers do not do what she did..
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For more information on her documentary go to myascension-dot-us.

The CDC has given approval for the Pfizer COVID vaccine to be given to children between the ages of five and 11 years old. The state health department says it will provide formal guidance on administering the vaccine to younger kids later today.

Meanwhile, some state lawmakers warn school officials they do not have the authority to mandate the vaccine for children between five and 11 years old….
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LSU Health Shreveport says it will begin rolling out Pfizer’s COVID vaccine for kids next week.

Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon says he expects insurance premiums will rise 10-to-12-percent next year as a result of the destruction left behind by Hurricanes Ida and Laura. Donelon says these have been trying times for all, including the insurers…
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Donelon says homeowners insurance rates have increased statewide this year by an average of four percent.

In 2017 by all appearance then 16-year-old Emma Benoit, a Dutchtown high school varsity cheerleader in Ascension Parish led the perfect life. But the veil soon dropped when she attempted suicide and it left her paralyzed. Now she’s sharing her story with a documentary of hope and recovery entitled My Ascension.
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For more information about her documentary visit myascension.us