You’ll need proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test to get into Tiger Stadium for LSU football games this season. Matt Doyle has the story.

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After hearing cries from a well on his property in Washington Parish, the owner call for help. Brooke Thorington has more on the three-day rescue.

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LSU will require proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test to enter Tiger Stadium for football games this season.  LSU Infectious Disease Specialist Dr. Catherine O’Neal says this added layer of protection means those who are fully vaccinated can feel pretty safe going to the game.

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O’Neal says those who are elderly or immunocompromised should not go to the game even if vaccinated. She says crowds won’t be safe for those individuals until more people are vaccinated.

O’Neal says if you are not vaccinated you can go get one today and have some additional protection entering the stadium. For those who choose not to get vaccinated but are otherwise healthy…

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Unvaccinated individuals must produce a negative PCR test result that was taken within 72 hours of the game.

O’Neal says venues that require proof of vaccination or a negative test allow people to get closer to a sense of normalcy while remaining relatively safe…

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Season ticket holders who want a refund must email tickets@lsu.edu by Friday.

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Jameis Winston made a strong case that he should be the starting quarterback for the Saints in last night’s preseason win over Jacksonville. Winston threw for 123 yards and two touchdowns and just one incompletion on ten attempts. Coach Sean Payton is not providing a timeline on when he’ll announce a starter…

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Winston got the start after coming off the bench last week. It was the first game he started since 2019 when he was with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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Second-year wide receiver Marquez Callaway also had a big game in front of a national TV audience. Callaway caught two touchdown passes including a spectacular one-handed grab. Callaway says he was just doing his job

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Five puppies are now safe and sound after spending days at the bottom of a 65-foot dry well in Washington Parish. Director of the Humane Society of Louisiana Jeff Dorson says responders were forced to get creative in order to save the five pitbull mix puppies.

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Dorson says they tied leashes together to form a type of webbing, enticed puppies with food into the webbing, and pulled them to safety.

In his 33 years in the field, Dorson says he’s never seen such an operation. Overall Dorson says the puppies are in great shape considering and crews kept them fed and watered throughout the rescue.

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The puppies were transported to Mandeville Animal Hospital where they are being treated for parasites and minor skin issues.

Dorson says the rescue is reminiscent of when several children were tapped in a cave. He’s very relieved the story has a happy ending and grateful for all the local first responders who assisted their crew and provided support, like the Franklinton Fire Department and Washington Parish Sherriff’s Office.

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All five puppies and their mother who stayed with responders during the three-day rescue once cleared will be transported to a shelter and put up for adoption.

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Ag Commissioner Mike Strain implores Louisianans not to take Ivermectin for COVID.

Strain says there was some evidence at one point that the anti-parasitic might be effective against COVID but those studies were retracted by reputable medical journals due to irregularities…

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Other studies have been cited showing Ivermectin, in large doses, reducing COVID in a petri dish but no similar, peer-reviewed studies have found that to be the case in humans yet.

Strain says Ivermectin can have really nasty side effects, especially if taken improperly.

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Strain says for some Ivermectin can even be fatal. That’s because some people genetically don’t have the right protein to stop Ivermectin from crossing the blood-brain barrier.

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The FDA gives the Pfizer COVID vaccination full backing, Brooke Thorington talks with a Tulane epidemiologist about the pandemic milestone.

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13-year New Orleans Police Officer Everett Briscoe was fatally shot Saturday at a Houston restaurant during an apparent stick-up. Matt Doyle has the story.

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The Food and Drug Administration grants full approval for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination which many physicians hope will lead to more vaccine mandates. Tulane Epidemiologist Doctor Susan Hassig says the Pfizer vaccine is now fully approved for ages 16 and up.

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Two-point-two million people in Louisiana have started the vaccination series. That is 48-percent of the state’s population and 40-percent of the state’s residents are fully vaccinated. Hassig hopes full approval will increase vaccination rates.

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Moderna and Johnson and Johnson vaccines have yet to receive full approval but, Hassig anticipates they will follow the EUA timeline and receive full approval within a month and three months respectively. But Hassig says there’s plenty of the Pfizer vaccine available in the US.

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A 13-year New Orleans Police veteran was shot and killed Saturday in Houston during a stick-up at a restaurant, while he was dining on the patio with friends.

New Orleans Councilman Jay Banks knew Officer Everett Briscoe well…

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Cops say two people entered the restaurant just after 5 PM and began demanding people hand over their valuables. A witness says everyone complied and it is not confirmed why one of the assailants then opened fire, fatally striking Briscoe and wounding another person. One witness claims one of the assailants lost their composure when they saw Briscoe’s firearm while he was lying on the ground.

Banks says Briscoe leaves behind a loving family that is in shock.

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Briscoe was in Houston on a trip with fellow members of the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club.

Banks says this surge in violence sweeping the nation has to end.

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UL System students will either need to provide proof of vaccination or claim a personal exemption the next time they register for classes, to enroll at the system’s nine schools. President Jim Henderson says their request to add fully FDA-approved vaccines to their immunization schedule was approved by the Louisiana Health Department

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LSU spokesperson Ernie Ballard says now that Pfizer has full FDA approval they will begin communicating the logistics of the campus’s vaccine mandate “soon”. He says they need to fully review the approval and the President plans on implementing the mandate with more details to come.

Henderson says it is important to note that this isn’t really a “vaccine mandate” beyond the paperwork. Louisiana is one of 15 states that allow for philosophical exemption from immunization requirements.

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LSU Board of Supervisors Chairman Robert Dampf echoed similar concerns about the mandate’s lack of teeth in an interview with Jim Engster on Talk Louisiana in July.

Henderson says they can’t force students to take the vaccine but he hopes full FDA approval will push more of them off of the fence. He says they’ve tried to convince students to get the shot…

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College students who get the shot can receive 100 dollars through the Shot for 100 program.

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Beginning today the multistate Powerball game will draw numbers three times a week as opposed to only two. Louisiana Lottery Spokesperson Kim Chopin says with Powerball drawings are now Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday nights, and Megamillions on Tuesday and Friday…

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Chopin says adding a Monday night drawing to the multistate game will hopefully be a cure for the Monday Blues for Powerball players, a game that has already made more than 80 Louisianans members of the millionaire’s club.

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Chopin says we are long overdue for a Powerball Jackpot winner in Louisiana. The last time there was a Powerball Jackpot winner in the Bayou State was March of 2018, but if numbers hit tonight for someone in Louisiana…

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