News Channel 5's coverage of local coronavirus updates
Cases are currently being monitored in multiple parishes across the state.
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News Channel 5 has learned of a Coronavirus related inmate death. On Thursday March 19, 2020, inmate Patrick Jones complained of a persistent cough at the Federal Correctional Institution in Oakdale, Louisiana.
Vernon Parish and several other school districts will be suspending their free lunch program.
Many locally owned restaurants in Cenla are still operating drive-thru and to-go services even though dining rooms have been closed by...
Fort Polk plans to increase its security measures to flatten the curve of the COVID-19 pandemic. The post asks that...
A mainly dry Sunday!
A stormy Saturday night ahead.
Isolated severe storms possible Saturday
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The coronavirus outbreak could kill 100,000 to 200,000 Americans, the U.S. government's top infectious-disease...
Here's how local school boards are responding to the nutritional needs of kids in the area
Older people remain most at risk of dying as the new coronavirus continues its rampage around the globe, but they’re far from...
For more than a week, governors have pushed back against administration assurances that...
LDH releases information about the underlying conditions that could make people more likely to die from COVID-19.
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With a recession potentially on the horizon, there's a question of whether wealthy donors are in a giving mood and whether...
An Arkansas father is among the many healthcare workers separated from their...
The World Health Organization is encouraging people all over the world to play video games...
A Hessmer woman was killed after being ejected from a tractor being towed on HWY 1196.
A prison warden in Avoyelles Parish says he has tested positive for COVID-19.
Italy, with by far the most deaths from COVID-19, surpassed China and the U.S. to also record...
A tornado cut through the Jonesboro area Saturday afternoon.
In recent weeks, North Korea has fired a slew of missiles and artillery shells into the sea in an apparent effort to...
President Donald Trump backed away from calling for a quarantine for coronavirus hotspots in New York, New Jersey and...
Tom Coburn had been diagnosed years earlier with prostate cancer.
Three more of America's most popular national parks have closed their gates as pressure mounts on superintendents to prevent...
