March 2021

‘Very angry’: Democrats face tough choices on immigration

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats who long blistered the Trump administration’s hard-line immigration policies are suddenly in a tough political bind.

CDC changes school guidance, allowing desks to be closer

NEW YORK (AP) — Students can safely sit just 3 feet apart in the classroom as long as they wear masks but should be kept the usual 6 feet away from one another at sporting events, assemblies, lunch or chorus practice, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday in relaxing its COVID -19 guidelines.

St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office buys 130 body cameras

CHALMETTE (AP) — Another law enforcement agency in Louisiana is now using body cameras to document their interactions with the public.

Prosecutor: Louisiana man tried to kill, dismember gay man

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A southwest Louisiana man was charged with federal hate crime and kidnapping charges Thursday by prosecutors who said he tried to kill and dismember one of three men he abducted after luring them using social media and a dating app.

Essential workers added to state’s vaccine access list

BATON ROUGE (AP) — With states receiving steady supplies of coronavirus vaccine, Gov. John Bel Edwards on Thursday further expanded eligibility to a long list of healthy essential workers in Louisiana who don’t have one of the two dozen medical conditions that already provided access to the shots.

POLICE REPORT

Editor’s Note: An arrest does not indicate whether a person is guilty of the crime with which they have been charged. A person is not considered guilty until they are convicted of a crime in a court of law.

The ‘70s teen

Article Image Alt Text

If you were a high school teen in the ‘70s, everything was cool and far out unless it was bogus or a drag.

Cheers to Mike Richards

Article Image Alt Text

Cheers to Mike Richards

THIS WEEK’S BEST BETS

Sunday, March 21

Biden picks former senator who flew in space to lead NASA

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — President Joe Biden has chosen a former senator from Florida who flew on the space shuttle just days beforethe Challengerlaunch accident to lead NASA. Biden on Friday announced his intent to nominate Bill Nelson as the space agency’s administrator.