Today is the one-year anniversary of the storming of the U-S Capitol. Jeff Palermo reports on what members of Louisiana’s Congressional delegation said that day…

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The state reports more than 14-thousand new COVID cases today, which is another single-day record of new cases since March 2020.  Governor John Bel Edwards is holding a 2:30 press briefing today.

The Louisiana Department of Health says 90-percent of all COVID cases in the state are the Omicron variant. LSU Health Shreveport Infectious Disease specialist Dr. John Vanchiere  (van CHERRY) says their lab sequencing indicates a significant jump in northwest Louisiana…:

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LSU Health Shreveport is once again conducting COVID tests and vaccines at the state fairgrounds.

Today is King’s Day, marking the official beginning of carnival season and that means you can start enjoying King Cake. Haydel’s Bakery in New Orleans is known for sharing its award-winning pastry around the country and co-owner David Haydel says they are ready.

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Today marks the one-year anniversary of when pro-Trump supporters stormed the U-S Capitol as Congress was set to certify President Biden’s victory in the 2020 election. Senator Bill Cassidy took to social media as House and Senate members were escorted to a safe location and delivered this message…

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Later that night, Cassidy was the lone Republican member of Louisiana’s delegation who voted to certify presidential election results.

Republican Congressman Garret Graves says he’s disappointed the House committee investigating January 6^th is a mostly partisan panel, with only two members from the Republican party.

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Five people died as a result of the Capitol riot.

Construction is underway on the Lake Borgne Marsh Creation Project in St. Bernard Parish. Deputy Executive Director for Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Greg Grandy says the main piece of equipment being used in the project is a cutter head dredge to transport sediment to the marshes…

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Grandy says this is the largest marsh creation project that the state has ever undertaken…

Today is King’s Day, marking the official beginning of carnival season. It’s also the first day you can enjoy King Cake and be not chastised for it. David Haydel, Jr. co-owner of Haydel’s Bakery in New Orleans says they are already inundated with revelers ready to kick off Mardi Gras with their famous King Cakes.

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Haydel says they anticipate shipping about 50,000 King Cakes across the country and selling the same amount to walk in customers.

One year ago today, pro-Trump supporters stormed the U-S Capitol as Congress was set to certify Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election. Lawmakers were escorted out of the chambers. Here’s Louisiana Congressman Mike Johnson describing the scene that day

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And Louisiana Congressman Garret Graves says he’s disappointed the House committee investigating January 6^th is a mostly partisan panel and says partisan bickering over what happened a year ago and who is directly or indirectly responsible is counter-productive for the country and Congress…:

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Gov. John Bel Edwards announces construction in underway on the Lake Borgne Marsh Creation Project in St. Bernard Parish. Deputy Executive Director for Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Greg Grandy says this is the largest marsh creation project that the state of Louisiana has ever undertaken…

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The project’s construction budget is $61 million.

Louisiana native Lawrence Brooks, the oldest living World War II veteran in the US, died Tuesday at the age of 112. Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana Morris Thompson fondly recounts his friendship with Brooks that began twelve years ago at a New Orleans fish fry.

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Thompson says Brooks claimed the key to longevity is to serve God and be nice to people.

Today marks one year since the riot at the U.S. Capitol building that some are calling an attempted insurrection. Louisiana U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy says the whole matter was sad and unfortunate, and it could have been avoided. He says inflammatory partisan rhetoric is largely to blame…:
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Senator John Kennedy says without order, there can be no justice.

Governor John Bel Edwards holds a COVID-19 media briefing at 2:30 today. The state health department reported another 10-thousand new COVID cases yesterday. Doctor John Vanchiere at LSU Health Shreveport says they are testing on average 650 to 800 people a day….
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The oldest living World War II veteran and Norwood, Louisiana native passed away at the age of 112 on Tuesday. Brooke Thorington has more
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King Cake Season gets underway today with Twelfth Night taking place tonight. It will be a long king cake season as Mardi Gras Day is not until March 1st.

Also another cold front hits the state today, it will start turning cooler later today, but we are looking at a mild weekend with rain.

Today marks one year since the January 6th riot at the U.S. Capitol that some say was an attempted insurrection. Kevin Gallagher has more…:
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January sixth also marks the official start of King Cake Season as the carnival season begins today with Twelfth Night. There are three parades in New Orleans tonight. And with Mardi Gras Day on February 20th, that means a little more than six weeks of king cake to enjoy.

The governor’s office says construction has started on the Lake Borgne Marsh Creation Project in St. Bernard Parish. Upon completion, the project will create and nourish about 27-hundred acres of marsh on the southern shoreline of Lake Borgne near Shell Beach. Deputy Executive Director of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Greg Grandy says this will benefit the wetland ecosystem and fishermen…
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The project will cost 61-million dollars paid for by B-P oil spill damage dollars.

The state health department reported another 10-thousand new COVID cases yesterday, eleven COVID deaths and hospitalizations are up to 1,287. LSU Health Shreveport Infectious Disease specialist Doctor John Vanchiere stresses the importance of being fully vaccinated to reduce the chance of severe illness and hospitalization…
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Governor Edwards holds a COVID media breifing at 2:30 today.

Today marks one year since the January sixth Capitol Hill riot. A U-S House select committee has been investigating that violent event and what former President Donald Trump was doing when thousands of his supporters made their way inside the capitol as the certification of the election was taking place. Louisiana Congressman Garret Graves says it’s a partisan panel that’s investigating…
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An interim report from the committee is expected in the summer.

The oldest surviving U-S World War Two veteran has died at the age of 112. Lawrence Brooks passed away in New Orleans. Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana Morris Thompson knew Brooks and says Brooks claimed the key to longevity is to serve God and be nice…
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Construction is underway in St. Bernard Parish on a massive marsh creation project on Lake Borgne. Erik Piccoli has the story…
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Meanwhile, volunteers planted more than 400 cypress tree seedlings at Fontainebleau State Park in Mandeville yesterday. The park suffered major tree losses from Hurricane Zeta in 2020 and Hurricane Ida last year.

The Louisiana Department of Corrections has once again suspended visitation at state-run prisons. At 2:30 today, Governor Edwards will hold a media briefing on Louisiana’s response to COVID-19.

The Louisiana Department of Health says 90-percent of all COVID cases in the state is the Omicron variant. LSU Health Shreveport Infectious Disease specialist Dr. John Vanchiere (van CHERRY) says their lab sequencing indicates a significant jump in northwest Louisiana…:
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LDH reported another 10-thousand new cases yesterday, eleven COVID deaths and hospitalizations are up to 1,287.

The oldest living World War Two veteran in the US has died. Lawrence Brooks passed away in New Orleans at the age of 112. Brooks was drafted in the U-S Army in 1940 and sent to Australia, New Guinea, and the Philippines performing combat support roles with other black soldiers. Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana Reverend Morris Thompson says at that time there was a racist belief that blacks could not serve in a combat unit…
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One year ago today an angry mob of pro-President Trump supporters stormed the U-S Capitol in an effort to prevent the certification of Joe Biden as the next president of the United States. Louisiana senior senator Bill Cassidy says January sixth was, unfortunately, an example of how rhetoric has consequences, much like it did when Louisiana Congressman Steve Scalise was shot in 2017….
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Cassidy and six other Senate Republicans voted in February to convict former President Trump of inciting the riot at the U-S Capitol.

At a ceremony in New Orleans, Governor John Bel Edwards posthumously pardoned civil rights pioneer Homer Plessy. Plessy was a Creole man arrested in New Orleans 130 years ago when he refused to leave a whites-only railroad car. Plessy’s protest led to the 1896 ruling known as Plessy versus Ferguson, which said it was legal to have white-only spaces in public areas. Governor Edwards says unfortunately the negative effects of that ruling still linger…:

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An early morning house fire in St. Landry parish claims the lives of two young boys, ages 11 and 12. Opelousas Fire Chief Charles Mason says only four of the six residents escaped. A third child was taken to a hospital.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

Jonesboro’s Fire Chief Brandon Brown and a Jackson Parish Sheriff’s deputy, George Wyatt face insurance fraud charges involving a two-vehicle crash of fire department vehicles. Trooper Michael Reichardt says two have also been charged with filing or maintaining false public records, and malfeasance in office.

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The investigation revealed that Brown’s juvenile son was the driver of one of the vehicles.

LSU’s football season ended with a loss in the Texas Bowl against Kansas State. But the game was a highlight for fifth-year senior Jontre Kirklin who made his first start at quarterback with three touchdown passes. Kirklin who only played cornerback and wide receiver at LSU, says he was calm heading into his first start at QB since Lutcher High…

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Governor Edwards gave a posthumous pardon to Homer Plessy, the subject of the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court case that ensconced a “separate, but equal” policy that enabled decades of segregation.

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Lawrence Brooks, the oldest living World War II veteran in the US and Louisiana native, died Tuesday at the age of 112. The Norwood, Louisiana native and New Orleans resident was drafted at the age of 31 and served in the Army’s predominantly African American 91^st Engineer Battalion.

Jonesboro’s Fire Chief and a Jackson Parish Sheriff’s deputy face insurance fraud charges involving a two-vehicle crash of fire department vehicles. Trooper Michael Reichardt says State Police received a tip in August and found Chief Brandon Brown and Deputy George Wyatt were involved and listed as the drivers.

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A strange ending to the 2021 football season for the LSU Tigers last night as they only had 38 scholarship players available, and it showed in a 42-20 loss to Kansas State in the Texas Bowl. Fifth-year senior Jontre Kirklin made his first start at quarterback and threw three touchdown passes…

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At a ceremony in New Orleans, Governor John Bel Edwards posthumously pardoned civil rights pioneer Homer Plessy, the subject of a separate but equal Supreme Court ruling that enabled decades of segregation of black Americans. Keith Plessy, a direct descendant, was on hand for today’s ceremony…:

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The Supreme Court reversed segregation laws in 1954. Plessy died in 1921 with his conviction still on his record.

Two children were killed in a house fire early this morning in St. Landry Parish. Opelousas Fire Chief Charles Mason says they received a call shortly before 1:30 of a house fire where six people resided. Only four escaped…:

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Mason says a third child was hospitalized for smoke inhalation. The fire is under investigation.

The oldest known military veteran in the U.S. has passed away. Lawrence Brooks, who is from Norwood, Louisiana, was 112. Brooks served in Australia, New Guinea and the Philippines during World War II. Brooks said the secret to his long life was being nice to people.

LSU’s 42-20 loss to Kansas State in the Texas Bowl last night will be known as the Jontre Kirklin game, as the fifth-year senior started his first college game at quarterback. Jeff Palermo has more…:

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