Category Archives: News
NOPD vet fatally shot in Houston restaurant
A 13-year New Orleans Police veteran was shot and killed Saturday in Houston during a stick-up at a restaurant. According to eye-witness reports, two people entered the restaurant just after 5 PM and ...
Aug 23, 2021
LDVA helping Afghanistan vets with counseling
While the scenes out of Afghanistan are horrifying as US Troops are withdrawing from the war-torn country after providing stability for more than two decades, the situation is extremely upsetting to U...
Aug 23, 2021
Fishing trips increased during the pandemic's first spring
An LSU survey found people took a lot more fishing trips in the spring of 2020 compared to spring of 2019, seemingly due to pandemic era isolation policies. LSU Oceanography and Coastal Sciences Profe...
Aug 23, 2021 robposse / CC
Louisiana unemployment rate down 2.3 percent year-to-year
Louisiana added another 12,700 jobs from June to July and ended the month up 58,200 jobs year-to-year. Louisiana Workforce Commission spokesperson Chris Fiore said we are moving in the right direction...
Aug 23, 2021
Governor Edwards: 28% of new COVID cases come from children
The state reported nearly 6.000 new COVID-19 cases on Friday. Governor John Bel Edwards says for the last couple of days 28% of all new cases are in children and this is troubling with schools re-open...
Aug 20, 2021 sergio santos / CC
Ochsner reports monoclonal antibody success
Ochsner has administered about 9,700 monoclonal antibody treatments to COVID patients across New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and the Northshore and is doing about 300 to 400 treatments a week in Lafayette. ...
Aug 20, 2021
CLECO explains higher than usual utility bills
CLECO is explaining to its customers why they are seeing higher utility bills. President Shane Hilton says a rate increase went into effect July first. "CLECO power had not any changes in rate structu...
Aug 20, 2021
Early childhood education linked with better long-term academic performance
A Council for a Better Louisiana study shows even just one year of early childhood education can substantially boost long-term academic success. The LA 4 Longitudinal High School Outcomes Study compar...
Aug 19, 2021
Single mom with COVID fighting to breathe inside Baton Rouge hospital
Instead of helping others with disaster aid from the 2016 floods, 39-year-old Jessica Cooper finds herself in an ICU bed at Baton Rouge General suffering from COVID. Cooper is a single mom from Lake C...
Aug 19, 2021 Jessica Cooper and her daughter Justus. Photo courtesy of Jessica Cooper.
Bond Commission holds up Superdome renovation money over vaccine policy
The State Bond Commission voted to pause funding on a 28 million dollar line of credit for renovations to the Superdome due to the Saints' vaccination policy. This morning the Saints backtracked on no...
Aug 19, 2021 Jeffrey Schwartz / CC
