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• Woman's Hospital set to open COVID-19 testing site at Wellness Center

  29-03-2020 19:35 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - Starting on Monday Woman's Hospital will be testing for the novel coronavirus.According to the hospital's Public Relations Coordinator, Caroline Isemann, the testing site will focus on testing pregnant women in their 3rd trimester who have symptoms."We want to ensure pregnant women get access to the testing they may need and this service is consist with our mission to take care of the unique needs of women and infants," said Isemann.The new testing site will be l
  
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• Woman's Hospital set to open COVID-19 testing site

  29-03-2020 19:35 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - Starting on Monday Woman's Hospital will be testing for the novel coronavirus.According to the hospital's Public Relations Coordinator, Caroline Isemann, the testing site will focus on testing pregnant women in their 3rd trimester who have symptoms."We want to ensure pregnant women get access to the testing they may need and this service is consist with our mission to take care of the unique needs of women and infants," said Isemann.The new testing site is a driv
  
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• Zachary woman killed in single vehicle crash

  29-03-2020 17:46 via wbrz.com
  
  DENHAM SPRINGS - Troopers are investigating a fatal accident that claimed one woman's life Saturday morning.Shortly before 12 p.m. Louisiana State Troopers responded to LA Hwy 16 north of LA Hwy 1032 (4-H Club Rd.) in Livingston Parish in reference to a car crash.The crash claimed the life of 20-year-old Daylin Alaniz of Zachary.Alaniz was traveling south on LA Hwy 16 in a 2012 Ford Mustang when for unknown reasons the Mustang ran off the roadway and struck a utility pole. After striki
  
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• Federal prison in Louisiana reports first COVID-19 death

  29-03-2020 17:24 via wbrz.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS - A federal prison in Louisiana has reported it's first death due to COVID-19.Accodring to the Washington Post, Patrick Jones, 49, was the first inmate in the Federal Bureau of Prisons to test positive for Covid-19 on March 19, and was the first to die from the virus. Jones was transferred to a hospital from a low-security United States federal prison for male inmates located in Oakdale, La. Jones was placed on a ventilator the next day.Jones had "long-term, pre-existing me
  
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• Gonzales woman looks to replenish blood donation drought

  29-03-2020 14:34 via wbrz.com
  
  GONZALES – While people are heading the Governor's orders and staying home, the nation is seeing a severe blood donation shortage. One woman took it upon herself to help out locally."We've had to cancel all of our events so we decided to approach it from another angle,” said Misty Walls.Walls and her husband run the nonprofit Louisiana Warriors Unleashed, where they provide service animals to veterans and first responders. While they would normally be busy hosting events for
  
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• Ascension chemical plant employee found dead in PVC unit overnight

  29-03-2020 13:45 via wbrz.com
  
  GEISMAR - A chemical plant employee was found dead after a four-hour search and recovery at the Westlake Chemical facility overnight.The company did not release the name of the worker found dead and described the incident as an "accident" in the polyvinyl chloride (PVC) unit at the Ascension Parish plant.In a statement released to media Sunday, the company said plant operators lost contact with the worker in the PVC unit around 12:10 Sunday morning.  The worker's body was recovered abo
  
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• Trump extends virus guidelines to end of April, braces US for big death toll

  29-03-2020 12:36 via wbrz.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Bracing the nation for a death toll that could exceed 100,000 people, President Donald Trump on Sunday extended restrictive social distancing guidelines through April, bowing to public-health experts who presented him with even more dire projections for the expanding coronavirus pandemic.It was a stark shift in tone by the president, who only days ago mused about the country reopening in a few weeks. From the Rose Garden, he said his Easter revival hopes had only bee
  
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• Overnight fire destroys house, spreads to church

  29-03-2020 08:08 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - At 12:41 Sunday, firefighters responded to a house fire, that spread to a nearby church.The house, a total loss, is on Uncus Street. The Church, Jesus Name Apostolic Temple Inc., is on Wheeler Avenue. The church has structure and content damage. When firefighters got to the scene, both structures were engulfed in flames. The fire took less than two hours to contain. Three people are believed to live in the house, all are safe.The cause of the fire is under investigation.P
  
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