More Baton Rouge-area news inside
with Kelly P. Kissel | Metro editorAh, where to begin? A tropical storm will likely roll into the Gulf in the next few days, our coronavirus numbers are still out of control and students are heading back to classrooms in East Baton Rouge and Livingston parishes. And there's a lot of other news too.
Tropical Storm Fred formed overnight. The latest guidance from the National Hurricane Center has the storm moving into the Gulf sometime Saturday morning and then striking the Florida Panhandle east of Pensacola sometime Monday. So far only little bits of Louisiana are in the forecast "cone."
Louisiana deaths are beginning to pick up after an increase in COVID cases and hospitalizations over the last five or six weeks. State health leaders fear a catastrophe if things don't change soon.
Most K-12 students in the Baton Rouge area are back in classrooms this week. Some of their teachers will receive pay raises above the jump delivered by the state, as Charles Lussier reports. |
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 | Weeks ago, as Louisiana logged a startling new uptick in COVID-19 infections, the state’s top public health experts outlined a dire choice:… Read more |
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 | Teachers in Central are starting the new school year making $2,000 more a year in salary, while teachers in Baker will receive $6,800 extra… Read more |
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 | Fred is one of two systems the National Hurricane Center is tracking. Read more |
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 | Dr. Joseph Kanter, chief health officer, said Tuesday morning he thinks the state will have to consider more aggressive mitigation measures… Read more |
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 | A friendly knight was on hand to greet students as they walked into their brand new school, Sugar Mill Primary in Prairieville. Read more |
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 | Canadian Pacific jumped back into the bidding war Tuesday for Kansas City Southern against a competitor who's already gained support in Lou… Read more |
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 | Amid complaints from residents about loud, dangerous drag racing on Baton Rouge streets, the Metro Council will vote tonight on tougher pen… Read more |
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 | Bobby Bowden built a college football dynasty at Florida State, with over 300 career wins (377 in his career overall) and national champion… Read more |
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 | If there is a lesson in the absurdity of today’s half-baked approach to vaccination during a pandemic, it ought to be at the tiger cage. Read more |
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