Texas Governor Extends Disaster Declaration for COVID-19 August 10, 2020 Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has extended a statewide disaster declaration he first issued in March to allow the state to...
Arkansas Health Officials Report 772 New COVID-19 Cases August 10, 2020 There are an additional 772 reported coronavirus cases in Arkansas and 14 additional deaths due to COVID-19, the disease caused...
3 Arkansas Men Agree to Settlement in Mall Shooting Case August 7, 2020 The three men who filed a lawsuit over a 2011 shooting by an off-duty police officer working security at a...
Arkansas Reports 18 More Deaths Amid 912 New Coronavirus Cases August 7, 2020 Arkansas this week reported 912 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus and 18 more people in the state have died...
Louisiana Teachers Positive for Virus Days Before School August 7, 2020 Since returning to their classrooms to prepare for the opening of in-person instruction next week, a “handful” of Jefferson Parish...
Texas Reports Nearly 9,200 New COVID Cases, 245 Deaths August 6, 2020 Texas health officials reported almost 9,200 confirmed new coronavius cases Tuesday as a convention center in the hard-hit Rio Grande...
‘Dead Zone’ in Gulf Much Smaller This Year Following Tropical Storms August 5, 2020 By Janet McConnaughey Tropical weather stirred up the Gulf of Mexico, reducing this year’s dead zone off Louisiana’s coast to the third-smallest ever...
Houston Will Enforce Masks With Fines as Texas Deaths Topped 7,000 August 5, 2020 Houston’s mayor has instructed police to begin issuing $250 fines for flouting statewide mask orders in hopes that August will...
Virus Cases Grow by 377 in Oklahoma, More Deaths August 5, 2020 Oklahoma’s reported coronavirus cases rose by 377, and the state added another death due to the illness caused by the...
Louisiana Prepares to Resume Movie, TV Filming Amid Pandemic August 4, 2020 Louisiana released coronavirus safety guidelines for movie and TV productions this week, as filming is expected to start returning to...