Parishes in Capital area lift mask mandates after governor amends restrictions
Some local parishes lift mask mandate after new guidance By WAFB Staff | April 27, 2021 at 5:05 PM CDT - Updated April 27 at 6:22 PM
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Shortly after Gov. John Bel Edwards amended the statewide mask mandate in Louisiana, some parish presidents started lifting it in their areas.
The following parishes have lifted their mask mandates effective Wednesday, April 28:
Ascension
Iberville (Except for parish government buildings, including parish courthouse)
Livingston
Read the full statement below from East Baton Rouge Parish:
“East Baton Rouge Parish has made considerable progress in our fight against the coronavirus pandemic since March of 2020. Now is not the time to let down our guard; we must continue to work together to end of this pandemic.
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Updated: 5:58 AM CDT April 10, 2021
NEW ORLEANS A round of heavy storms overnight has knocked out power for thousands across southeast Louisiana, including several thousand outages in New Orleans.
According to Entergy s outage map, there are about 2,400 people without power as of 5:45 a.m. in New Orleans. The outages appear to be clustered around two neighborhoods, one in New Orleans East and the other in Algiers.
Tangipahoa and St. Charles parishes are both reporting large outages as well, but it s unclear exactly how many Entergy customers are in the dark Saturday morning.
The heavy storms came through quickly, dumping rain on the metro area along with high winds, both of which are prone to cause outages.