Here s where you can get your COVID-19 vaccinations in northwest Louisiana this week Scott Ferrell, Shreveport Times
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A new mass vaccination site on Saturday at the Brookshire Grocery Arena in Bossier City highlights the list of places where you can get a COVID-19 vaccination this week.
LSU Health Shreveport, in partnership with Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport, will have a mass vaccination at the arena on Saturday from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Teachers, support staff and daycare workers will have two dedicated lanes at the Brookshire’s site on Saturday from 2 p.m.- 4 p.m.
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Southern Exposure: Cold Wreaks Havoc on States with Aging Waterworks
The sunshine is back and the ice has melted. But more than a week after a deep freeze across the South, many communities are still grappling with getting clean water to their citizens.
For years, experts have warned of the need to upgrade aging and often-neglected waterworks. Now, after icy weather cracked the region’s water mains, froze equipment and left millions without service, it’s clear just how much work needs to be done.
Families stood for hours in lines to get drinking water. They boiled it to make it safe to drink or brush their teeth. They scooped up snow and melted it in their bathtubs. Hospitals collected buckets of water to flush toilets.