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Chad Everett Harris Extends Academic Scholarship Deadline Due to COVID-19 Crisis

The Chad Everett Harris Scholarship Program will now be accepting applications up until August 14th NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, UNITED STATES, July 8, 2020 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- In an effort to help more students affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, …

McCollum: Life in the NBA bubble

Portland Trail Blazers guard CJ McCollum admits the unique circumstances in Orlando have evoked an ever-greater appreciation for those around him and the position he finds himself in.  Preparations for the NBA's restart later this month went up a notch …

Heat index values to be near 110

***HEAT ADVISORY*** is in effect for everyone through 10 p.m. tonight. Limit time outdoors and stay hydrated. THE FORECAST:  Today and Tonight: Another hot and humid day to start the weekend. Afternoon highs will be near 93 degrees with heat index values …

Some Louisiana hospitals seeing increased virus ICU cases

Updated 1:50 pm CDT, Friday, July 10, 2020 LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — As confirmed cases of the new coronavirus increase in Louisiana, hospitals in the state’s southwest corner are concerned about the rising use of intensive care beds. KPLC-TV reports that …

Capitals, Wizards, Nationals restart schedules all released

It’s so close, you can taste it: North America’s major sports leagues are on the verge of coming back. Major League Baseball will be first, when the Washington Nationals host the New York Yankees on July 23. Seven days later, the NBA’s first meaningful …

Earnings Estimates Moving Higher for Louisiana

Louisiana-Pacific (LPX - Free Report) could be a solid choice for investors given the company's remarkably improving earnings outlook. While the stock has been a strong performer lately, this trend might continue since analysts are still raising their …

Louisiana's Ten Most Redneck Towns Ranked [VIDEO]

Did any of our communities in the Shreveport/Bossier City area make Nick Johnson's list of the 10 most redneck places in Louisiana? Who knew that dollar stores and Walmart Super Centers were part of the 'redneck equation?' Bars, graduation …

Runoff election needed for BR city court, district court judges

BATON ROUGE - Voters in parts of East Baton Rouge had to decide on two judges for different courts: A local, city court judge and also an area judicial district judge. For the 19th Judicial District Court bench election, four people were vying for the …

Voters renew EBR Sheriff's Office property tax

BATON ROUGE - Voters decided on a property tax renewal for the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office Saturday. The tax, which has been on the books since the early 1980's, generates a little less than $16.5 million.  It essentially funds regular …

EBR election results finally revealed after midnight

BATON ROUGE - Votes were not tallied until well after midnight Saturday in a handful of municipal elections in East Baton Rouge. Saturday, voters were to elect Baker city council members along with deciding on re-electing the mayor and chief of police or …

Irish lads enjoy "trip of a lifetime" after saving for five years

A group of ten Irish lads completed a "trip of a lifetime" to celebrate their 40th birthdays after saving religiously for five years.  Dubbed 2020 Vision, the ten friends put €50 each into a special holiday fund from January 2015 to December 2019 …

New Orleans software & consulting firm GCR Inc. opens ‘Center of Excellence’

New Orleans-based software & consulting firm GCR Inc. is opening a location in Florida to focus on technology that helps government do business. The “Center of Excellence” will invest in the company’s state government business unit, PCC, which will …

Roundup: Louisiana Democratic Party / Joe Burrow fund / Libbey layoffs 

Leadership change: Karen Carter-Peterson of New Orleans won’t run for another term as chair of the Louisiana Democratic Party, The News Star reports. Peterson, who is also a state senator, told Gov. John Bel Edwards on Wednesday she won’t seek another term …

Free COVID-19 testing sites in Baton Rouge bring 60,000 tests to the area

BATON ROUGE- The Department of Health and Human Services will support free coronavirus testing in Baton Rouge by performing 60,000 tests in the area at no charge, the HHS announced Tuesday. The HHS plans to increase testing in communities that are …

Afternoon storms leave over 3,000 without power in Baton Rouge

BATON ROUGE - For the second day in a row, buckets of rain dumped by afternoon storms left Baton Rouge and surrounding areas with power outages and dangerous traffic conditions. Streets inundated with high water on Monday, were once again experiencing …

Top 5 Fast Food Stops In Louisiana During The Pandemic

There has been a lot of news about businesses struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since Mid-March, most of our economy has been sluggish, at best. Especially on "main street". A lot of the federal assistance has kept Wall Street in a decent …

Baton Rouge General expands family medicine services with new Zachary clinic

Baton Rouge General is expanding its family medicine services with the addition of a new clinic in Zachary’s Americana development, The clinic is led by Vicki Munson-Whetstone, a board-certified family medicine physician. “Zachary is my hometown, and it’s …

Surrender To The Spell Of Johnny & The Mongrels’ Louisiana Girl

Johnny & The Mongrels Celebrate The Lure Of Bayou State Femininity With Single & Video Today PLEASANT VIEW, TN, UNITED STATES, July 10, 2020 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Based in Colorado but nourished by the elixir of Louisiana music, blues …

‘There Are Always Two Sides To The Story And Then There’s The Truth’: Keith David On ‘NCIS: New Orleans’

(CBS Local)– Keith David has been in a lot of great movies and TV shows during his storied Hollywood career, but few have been as important and timely as his appearance on CBS’s “NCIS: New Orleans.” The 3x Emmy Award winner appeared on episode 17 of the …

Coronavirus - Somalia: Update on COVID-19 in Somalia (12th July 2020)

Download logo New cases confirmed today: 8 Benadir: 8 Male: 8 Female: 0 Recovery: 42 Death: 1 Total confirmed cases: 3,059 Total recoveries: 1,306 Total deaths: 93Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Health & Human Services, Federal …

Coronavirus - Kenya: Distribution of Cases by County (12th July 2020)

Download logo The 379 positive cases are in:  Nairobi (209) Kiambu (49) Busia (38) Migori (19)  Mombasa (16) Kajiado (12) Uasin-Gishu (8) Lamu (6) Machakos (5) Nakuru (5) Narok (2) Wajir (2) Kisumu (2) Garissa (1) Isiolo (1) Kericho (1) Nyamira (1) Nyeri ( …

Coronavirus - African Union Member States (54) reporting COVID-19 cases (578,734) deaths (12,996), and recoveries (287,...

African Union Member States (54) reporting COVID-19 cases (578,734) deaths (12,996), and recoveries (287,563) by region: Central (40,443 cases; 834 deaths; 22,351 recoveries): Burundi (232; 1; 141), Cameroon (15,173; 359; 11,928), CAR (4,288; 53; 1,145), …

Coronavirus - Malawi: COVID-19 Daily Information Update (12th July 2020)

New cases: 103 Total confirmed cases: 2364 Total active cases: 1769 Total recovered: 557 Total number of tests conducted: 20657 Total deaths: 38Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Health and Population, Republic of Malawi.

Coronavirus - Kenya: COVID-19 Update (12th July 2020)

Download logo Today, we have tested 7,050 samples, out of which, 379 people have tested positive for the virus. The cumulative number of tests conducted so far is now 215,037 and the total case load in the country stands at 10,105.Distributed by APO Group …

Coronavirus - Nigeria: COVID-19 Situation Report for Nigeria (11th July 2020)

The COVID-19 Nigeria situation report for 11th July, 2020 has been published. Our daily COVID-19 situation reports provide a summary of the epidemiological situation & response activities in Nigeria. Download via: https://bit.ly/ …

Coronavirus - Uganda: Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in Uganda is 1025

Download logo Results from COVID-19 tests done on 11 July 2020 - 12 new COVID-19 confirmed. The cumulative total confirmed cases of Ugandans are now 1,025. - 7 truck drivers: 5 from Malaba, 2 from Mirama Hills and Elegu - 5 Alerts and contacts: 2 from …

Coronavirus - Rwanda: COVID-19 update (11 July 2020)

Total cases: 1,299 (+47) Tests: 180,320 (+4,060) Recovered: 663 (+28) Deaths: 4 (+1) Actives cases: 632Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Health, Republic of Rwanda.

Coronavirus - Kenya: Use of KMTC Kwale for COVID-19 Quarantine and Isolation Facility

We appreciate KMTC for the good work they are doing in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic. KMTC Kwale, like in other counties, have offered their institutions for use as quarantine and isolation facilities.Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of …

Coronavirus - South Africa: COVID-19 statistics in South Africa (11th July 2020)

Test conducted - 2108570 Positive cases identified - 264184 Total recoveries - 127715 Total deaths - 3971 New cases - 13497Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Republic of South Africa, Department of Health.

Coronavirus - Kenya: Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in Kenya is 9726

Coronavirus - Zimbabwe: COVID-19 update, 11th July 2020

Download logo Highlights of the situation report Fourty (40) cases tested positive for COVID-19. These include returnees from South Africa (6), Liberia (4), and 30 local cases who are isolated. The local cases consist of 13 Health Care Workers from Mpilo ( …

Coronavirus - African Union Member States (54) reporting COVID-19 cases (577,904) deaths (12,988), and recoveries (287,...

Download logo African Union Member States (54) reporting COVID-19 cases (577,904) deaths (12,988), and recoveries (287,011) by region: Central (40,381 cases; 834 deaths; 22,351 recoveries): Burundi (232; 1; 141), Cameroon (15,173; 359; 11,928), CAR (4,288; …

Coronavirus - South Africa: COVID-19 update for South Africa (11 July 2020)

A total of 51338 COVID-19 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours. Regrettably, we report 111 more COVID-19 related deaths, bringing the total number of deaths to 3971. We send our deepest condolences. The number of recoveries is 127715 (48.4% recovery …

Coronavirus - Nigeria: COVID-19 case update for Nigeria (11th July, 2020)

664 new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria: Lagos - 224 FCT - 105 Edo - 85 Ondo - 64 Kaduna - 32 Imo - 27 Osun - 19 Plateau - 17 Oyo - 17 Ogun - 17 Rivers - 14 Delta - 11 Adamawa - 10 Enugu - 7 Nassarawa - 6 Gombe - 3 Abia - 3 Ekiti - 3 31,987 confirmed 13,103 …

Nigeria Rugby Football Federation (NRFF) partners Rugby Outreach UK

NRFF (https://TheNRFF.com/) partners Rugby Outreach. Nigeria Rugby today announced its partnership with Rugby Outreach UK to provide Rugby fitness, strength and conditioning advice to local teams across Nigeria. Technical Director; Abubakar …

East Africa holds its ground as Africa’s fastest growing region, despite COVID-19 disruption

COVID-19 curbs East Africa’s growth, but still the strongest in the continent; Report calls for transition to higher value-added activities to build resilience to shocks. Economic disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed East Africa’s growth …

African Development Bank Regional Economic Outlook 2020: In West Africa, harnessing the youth workforce could speed ...

Download logo Growth in West Africa, poised to expand by 4.0 percent in 2020, now projected to contract by -2.0 percent in 2020; Demand for science, technology, engineering and mathematics increasing, though school enrolment, retention rates poor. West …

Industrial Engineering Knowledge Center is Offering IE Free Online Course to Global Learners and Professionals

MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA, July 11, 2020 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The world famous and extremely popular international blogger Prof. Narayana Rao KVSS, Professor at National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai gave a spellbinding …

M.G.A Garage Door Repair Houston TX On A Lookout For Modern Techniques and Equipment for Garage Door Services

HOUSTON, TX, UNITED STATES, July 11, 2020 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- M.G.A Garage Door Repair Houston TX is one of the most trusted companies that cater to garage doors services of residential as well as commercial clients. M.G.A Garage Door Repair …

MECHRIC Opposes the Turkish Hagia Sofia Ruling

WASHINGTON, DC, USA, July 13, 2020 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The Middle East Christian Committee (MECHRIC), representing Middle East Christians around the world, vehemently opposes Turkey's High Court ruling that turns the beautiful, ancient …

West Palm Beach Real Estate Broker Jeff Tricoli Says Mortgage Demand Rising Fast

West Palm Beach real estate Broker Jeff Tricoli says that mortgage demand rose 33% since last year as rates drop to record lows. WEST PALM BEACH, FL, UNITED STATES, July 12, 2020 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Real estate Broker Jeff Tricoli of Keller …

Atlas Capital announced a strategic investment in OASIS

DUBAI, UAE, July 12, 2020 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- According to official sources, Dubai Atlas Capital（http://www.atlascapital.org/） announced a strategic investment in OASIS. The two parties will deepen cooperation in the blockchain and …

THE GROOVE PROJECT Releases “Beyond the Atmosphere” a New Music Video of the Global Group in Their Studios

The new album - Volume 1: Flights of Fantasy - is a ticket to fly. LOS ANGELES, CA, USA, July 12, 2020 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Prepare for take-off to destination GROOVE -- the latest from the global group The Groove Project, with guitarists and …

Summer Heat Sparks Heavy “Stay at Home” Consumer Demand for Screen Mesh Shade Tarps

Company Reports Increasing Demand for Screen Mesh used Reduce Energy Costs and Ambient Temperatures ST. JOSEPH, MICHIGAN, UNITED STATES, July 11, 2020 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Due to heavy consumer demand spurned by Shelter in Place orders …