On April 6, Shreveport police patrol officers were dispatched to the Family Dollar in the 2700 block of West 70th Street on reports of a theft.
Bossier Sheriff Julian Whittington says detectives worked through the night and into Monday to solve a Sunday night homicide investigation in Plain Dealing that claimed a man’s life and hospitalized a woman.
Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon announced his approval of overall base rate decreases of 3.5% for homeowners’ policies issued by State Farm Insurance Company, which follows his approval of an additional decrease of 2.3% for State Farm auto policies in March 2020.
A Living Will, or Declaration Concerning Life-Sustaining Procedures, is an important for end-oflife decision-making. his document states that a person does not want extraordinary medical procedures to maintain vital body functions such as heart beating, breathing or forced feeding. In effect, it gives treating physicians the legal authority to withhold treatment.
SHREVEPORT, La. — Centenary College’s Department of Public Safety (DPS) has adapted its annual Sexual Assault Awareness Month events this year while the College completes the spring term remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. The department is making use of social media tools to raise awareness about sexual assault and educate the campus community about prevention.
Scientists at LSU Health Shreveport continue to have a significant impact on the fight against COVID-19 in Louisiana with their latest achievement being able to offer serology testing. Serology testing is in high demand to be able to better determine the number of COVID-19 cases that include those of people who have already recovered and were asymptomatic.
Willis-Knighton Health System has begun a clinical trial of the use of convalescent plasma therapy as an experimental treatment of COVID-19.
In an effort to assist with COVID-19 relief efforts across their 21-state footprint, New- Wave Communications and the other Cable One family of brands have donated $150,000 to the Meals on Wheels America COVID-19 Response Fund and $150,000 to local food banks in the markets they serve.
The drive-thru testing site which opened this past week for first responders and health care workers is now available to anyone in the general public who is exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19, and there is no out-of-pocket cost to the individual.
Unique telemedicine options at Ochsner LSU Health protect healthcare workers in the hospital and provide around the clock access to a physician from home.
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