More of new COVID strain turns up in Louisiana
Fri, 01/29/2021 - 11:10am
Three cases of a new, more contagious variant of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Louisiana, state officials said Thursday.
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Jim Bradshaw: Passenger pigeons once filled south Louisiana skies
Fri, 01/29/2021 - 10:39am
January 1940 was the coldest month of record in south Louisiana, but there were some pretty chilly precedents.
Biden energy agenda draws more industry fire
Thu, 01/28/2021 - 11:25am
President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed an executive order halting new leases for oil and natural gas development on federal land, a move criticized by the industry and some state governors.
U.S. soldiers from the Louisiana National Guard augment U.S. Capitol Police and the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department in securing traffic control points near the U.S. Capitol building on the eve of the 59th Presidential Inauguration Jan. 20 in Washington.
Airmen with the Louisiana Air National Guard’s 236th Combat Communications Squadron set up communications equipment in the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., to ensure inter-operability with federal and district partners as part of support to the 59th Presidential Inauguration.
La. Guard returns from duty in D.C.
Thu, 01/28/2021 - 11:06am
The Louisiana National Guard responded to the District of Columbia National Guard’s request to send troops for assistance and within thirty-six hours from receiving their orders, 160 soldiers and a
63 new new confirmed COVID cases, no deaths in local parishes
Wed, 01/27/2021 - 12:09pm
Sixty-three new confirmed COVID-19 cases, more than half of them in St.