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View Comments COVID-19 cases are dropping across northwest Louisiana with only one parish showing an increase in the last 14 days for a time period ending Sunday. Caddo Parish is the only parish in Region 7 with a 14-day change in COVID-19 cases showing an increase. The increase, though, is small at only 4%. Caddo Parish has 26,022 cases and 742 COVID-19 deaths through Sunday. The parish has 26% of its population fully vaccinated and 65% of those over 65 vaccinated. The state has 28.7% of its residents fully vaccinated. Every other parish in Region 7, and Lincoln Parish outside of Region 7, showed decreases in COVID-19 cases as their 14-day changes. ....
Andrew Harnik/AP President Joe Biden signs the American Rescue Plan, a coronavirus relief package, in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, March 11, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) Posted at 1:27 PM, May 10, 2021 and last updated 2021-05-10 14:46:51-04 The U.S. Treasury today released the breakdown of how more than $350 billion in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds will be distributed. Under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, state, local, territorial, and Tribal governments can spend the money to: Support urgent COVID-19 response efforts to continue to decrease spread of the virus and bring the pandemic under control; ....
The 14-day change in COVID-19 cases is declining in six of 10 northwest Louisiana parishes. Natchitoches Parish has the biggest decline in cases for the 14-day period that ended Sunday. The parish had 47% fewer cases. Natchitoches Parish has 4,040 cases and 86 COVID-19 deaths. The parish is 20% fully vaccinated, which is 7% less than the state average. Other parishes with COVID-19 case declines include Bossier, DeSoto, Sabine, Claiborne and, outside of Region 7, Lincoln. DeSoto Parish has the second-largest decrease in cases for the last two weeks at 35%. The parish has 2,763 cases and 78 COVID-19 deaths. DeSoto is also 20% fully vaccinated. Claiborne Parish showed a 15% decline in cases. There have been 1,435 cases and 55 COVID-19 deaths in the parish. Claiborne is 21% fully vaccinated. ....
In June 2022, college students from around the world will converge on Ruston to socialize, network, and lock horns for a top spot in the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Concrete Canoe Competition. Thanks to the hard work of Louisiana Tech University’s ASCE student chapter, the University has been selected to host the international competition. Former Louisiana Tech ASCE student president Katya Opel, who received her Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering in 2020, came up with the idea for Tech to bid on hosting the 2022 competition shortly after Tech hosted the regional Deep South competition in 2019. Opel will have a busy summer in 2022; she will be completing her Master of Science in Civil Engineering program while planning the event. ....