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with Kelly P. Kissel | Metro editor... and what a lovely Monday it is ... As we head back into another work week, here are the top stories in the Baton Rouge area today: SHOT IN THE ARM: Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards intends to add the COVID-19 vaccine to the list of mandatory vaccinations for the state's school children. How will that go over? Here's a look. PENALTY FOR MAJOR MISCONDUCT: The state Supreme Court is changing its rules on how to handle suspended judges who hold onto their jobs amid investigations then quit just before a penalty is handed down. There are now monetary penalties. ANOTHER NEW COACH: LSU isn't the only football team with a new coach. Southern's hired one, too. Here's a look at Eric Dooley. BAD WEATHER: Keep your eye out this afternoon for bad weather. There's a bunch of storms just north of the Baton Rouge metro early this afternoon, and they should sag south in the afternoon. The broader forecast is here. |
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| Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards’ plan to add the COVID-19 vaccine to the required immunization schedule for students at K-12 schools has en… Read more |
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| As St. John the Baptist Parish Judge Jeff Perilloux sat suspended from the bench, awaiting trial on sex charges involving minors, the state… Read more |
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| The USS Kidd Veterans Museum will hold a Pearl Harbor remembrance ceremony Tuesday at 11:55 a.m. Read more |
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| When Katie Remes’ New Orleans-area hospital needed nurses to staff a new COVID ward in March 2020, she volunteered. She wanted to be there … Read more |
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| Lindsey Lee says she lived in the Acadian Trace subdivision in Albany for almost a decade without worrying much about flooding — but then t… Read more |
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| A Napoleonville woman died one day after a head-on collision on a highway along Bayou Lafourche in northern Assumption Parish, Louisiana St… Read more |
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| Prairie View coach and former Southern University assistant Eric Dooley has been hired as the Jaguars' 20th head football coach, the school… Read more |
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| After receiving votes in The Associated Press' preseason rankings and first three regular-season polls, the LSU basketball team earned a sp… Read more |
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