More cash incentives offered for COVID shots, students moving into campus housing put LSU's 11th-hour pandemic protocol to the test

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with Jennifer Wadsworth | Assistant metro editor

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Shot for $100

After naming the $1 million grand prize winner in Louisiana's COVID vaccine lottery, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced more cash incentives to push people to get immunized.

Among them: "Shot for $100," which offers the first 75,000 college students who participate a $100 gift card in exchange for getting vaccinated.

Julia Guilbeau has the details here. If you missed the Edwards, presser, you can watch that here.

Moving day

Thousands of LSU students moved to campus Friday, putting the school's 11th hour COVID protocols to the test. Our reporter Caroline Savoie was there to cover it. Here's her dispatch.

NCAA probe extended

An investigation into the LSU men's basketball and football programs was supposed to wind down after three years on July 31. But the deadline was pushed back yet again. Here's the latest.

A coverup?

Four years have passed since Fatrell Queen's body was found in his bedroom closet. Now, his mom is accusing Port Allen police of being the ones to fire the shots that killed the 28-year-old — and then trying to cover their tracks. The DA called the claims "bizarre." Joe Gyan Jr. has the story.

Here to help

They thought their work was done. But when COVID roared back, BR Answer the Call reignited its efforts to feed health care workers and help out local restaurants.

Find out what they're doing now in this story.

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