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🌱 Wastewater Tested For Monkeypox + 2020 Homicide Count Surpassed

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Posted Wed, Sep 7, 2022 at 1:50 pm CT|Updated Wed, Sep 7, 2022 at 6:39 pm CT

Hello all. I'm back with your fresh copy of the New Orleans Daily, fresh off the presses. Here's all the local news you need to know right now.

First, today's weather:

Mostly cloudy with a t-storm. High: 85 Low: 74.

Here are the top three stories in New Orleans today:

The head of Louisiana's State Board of Private Security Examiners, Bridgett Hull, has been arrested after a police pursuit down I-12 on charges of possession with intent to distribute narcotics and possession of a firearm with controlled dangerous substances on Tuesday. The board will be meeting Thursday to go over Hull's arrest. (FOX 8 Local First)
Much like the approach used to monitoring COVID levels, New Orleans Wastewater is now being tested for monkeypox after the eventful and packed Southern Decadence weekend. NODH's tent administered around 800 doses of the vaccine this past weekend but it will take about a week to get results from the wastewater to see if monkeypox levels have risen. (WGNO New Orleans)
After a violent Labor Day weekend and throughout the past nine months of 2022, the total number of homicides in New Orleans has surpassed the total number of homicides throughout all of 2020. There has been a total of 203 homicides and 193 murders this year so far. This time last year, on September 5, the count was at 139. (FOX 8 Local First)

Today in New Orleans:

From my notebook:

Visit the New Orleans Jazz Museum on September 29 for a 7 p.m. screening of the never-before-seen story of Louis Armstrong's secret daughter: Little Satchmo The Film narrated by John Boutté. Bring blankets and lawn chairs. (New Orleans Jazz Museum via Instagram)
Global New Orleans is hosting its "Tuesday Talks: The View from Ukraine, Live!" on Tuesday for an inside look from two people deeply engaged in Ukraine since the Russians invaded. (Global New Orleans via Facebook)
The New Orleans BioInnovation Center is hosting Shawn Carbonell, MD, PhD at NOBIC on September 8 to share his story from medical school to cancer drug discovery. (New Orleans BioInnovation Center via Facebook)

Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Thursday! I'll see you soon.

— Shannon Denney

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