The city of New Orleans is condensing the number of drive-thru testing locations for COVID-19.In a Monday press conference, Collin Arnold with New Orleans Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness, said there will now be one drive-thru testing site in Orleans Parish.While the Mahalia Jackson Theater parking lot drive-thru site will be closed, those 18 or…… MORE
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Hard Rock Hotel developers in New Orleans find new demolition firm; timeline still unclear
Demolition plans for the collapsed Hard Rock Hotel site in downtown New Orleans could change, with developers claiming the company initially hired to bring down the structure can’t find insurance for the job.A statement from 1031 Canal Development, the team financing the hotel project, said Monday they have struck a deal with Kolb Grading to…… MORE
Massive movie set donation to help hospitals handle coronavirus crisis
Hospital sets that you used to see in movies and on television will soon be helping a local hospital treat coronavirus patients. Creative Film Connection, in Gretna, donated dozens of hospital beds, stretchers and wheelchairs to Ochsner Health Systems. The sets had been used in various productions, including NCIS: New Orleans, according to the hospital…… MORE
No end in site for distance learning
Governor John Bel Edwards said Monday he plans to issue an updated proclamation by the end of the week to keep Louisiana’s residents at home; its businesses and schools closed until the end of April. The announcements follows President Donald Trump’s move over the weekend to extend social distancing guidelines through April 30. Schools in…… MORE
Son remembers mother who died from COVID-19 as the most ‘sweet, caring, giving, thoughtful person’
A retired Slidell High School English teacher, and beloved mother, died after being diagnosed from COVID-19.Glenda Watters died March 24.Her son, Sean, said his mother was sweet, selfless, caring and a giving person. “My Mom is an amazing woman, I don’t think I can ever speak about her in past tense. She worked as an…… MORE
4 high-ranked officers at Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office resigned Friday
The Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office declined to elaborate Monday why the agency says four high-ranking employees resigned Friday. Major Edwin Hosli, Lt. Joseph Catalanotto, Agent Daniel Denoux and Agent Kerri Lynch, all assigned to the OPSO’s Investigative Services Bureau, resigned the same day, the OPSO said in a news release issued Monday afternoon. “As a…… MORE
Las Vegas homeless people are sleeping in a parking lot — six feet apart
In Las Vegas, the Catholic Charities’ homeless shelter has long served as a facility for people in need of accommodations. But after one homeless man who used the facility tested positive for coronavirus last week, the shelter was forced to close, leaving 500 homeless people scrambling for a new place to stay. Even Courtyard Homeless…… MORE
Coronavirus death rate is lower than previously reported, study says, but it’s still deadlier than seasonal flu
How many people die after being infected with the novel coronavirus? Fewer than previously calculated, according to a study released Monday, but still more than die from the flu. The research, published in the medical journal The Lancet Infectious Diseases, estimated that about 0.66% of those infected with the virus will die. That coronavirus death…… MORE
First US service member dies from coronavirus
The first US service member has died from the novel coronavirus, the US military announced on Monday. An Army National Guardsman from New Jersey passed away on Saturday, according to a statement from the Department of Defense. Gen. Joseph Lengyel, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, identified the service member as Army Capt. Douglas…… MORE
Marine Corps suspends new recruit training at Parris Island amid coronavirus outbreak
The US Marine Corps said Monday that it is “temporarily suspending the shipping of new recruits” to Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island in South Carolina, where some 50% of enlisted Marines receive their basic training, due to novel coronavirus concerns. The move comes as the number of positive cases at the military installation has…… MORE
