1-13-21
A FATAL CRASH ON I-TEN IS DELAYING TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS AT RAYNE. ACCORDING TO RAYNE POLICE, THE DRIVER OF A PICKUP TRAVELING WEST CROSSED THE MEDIAN HITTING AN EASTBOUND EIGHTEEN WHEELER, WITH BOTH ENDING UP IN THE MEDIAN AND THE PICKUP CATCHING FIRE. THE DRIVER OF THE PICKUP WAS KILLED WHILE THE DRIVER AND A PASSENGER IN THE EIGHTEEN WHEELER WERE TAKEN TO A LAFAYETTE HOSPITAL FOR EVALUATION. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO AVOID THE AREA AS CLEAN-UP IS EXPECTED TO TAKE THE MAJORITY OF THE DAY.
LAFAYETTE CITY AND POLICE OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE AWARE OF PLANNED PROTESTS OVER THE NEXT WEEK LEADING UP TO THE INAUGURATION. MAYOR PRESIDENT JOSH GUILLORY AND HIS ADMINISTRATION MET WITH CITY POLICE YESTERDAY TO SET A PLAN IN PLACE. JAMIE ANGELLE, THE CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER FOR THE LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT, SAYS EXPECT TO SEE MORE OFFICERS ON PATROL AND MORE TRAILERS WITH CAMERAS. ANGELLE TELLS KATC, “ I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR, THIS IS NOT THE PLACE TO COME AND DO THE THINGS YOU SAW LAST WEDNESDAY.”
THERE WAS A DEADLY STRUCTURE FIRE IN OPELOUSAS OVERNIGHT. A STRUCTURE CAUGHT FIRE ON ELEMENTARY LANE NEAR SOUTH MARKET STREET. FIRE CHIEF CHARLES MASON IS REPORTING THAT THERE WAS A FATALITY. NO OTHER DETAILS HAVE BEEN RELEASED AT THIS TIME.
Gov. John Bel Edwards is calling on Louisiana’s employers to keep workers at home if possible, but the Democratic governor Tuesday stopped short of tightening his current restrictions on businesses any further. Edwards says he renewed the same coronavirus rules he’s had in place since late November. They were slated to expire Wednesday. Those rules include a statewide mask mandate and provisions keeping bars limited to outdoor and delivery service.
COVID-NINETEEN HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE DOWN IN LOUISIANA WITH SIX LESS THAN YESTERDAY, ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS PUT ON VENTILATORS IS DOWN BY NINE. THERE ARE ONE THOUSAND, SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR NEW CASES, PUTTING THE STATE’S TOTAL AT OVER THREE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN THOUSAND. LOUISIANA ALSO REPORTED FORTY-SIX MORE DEATHS ATTRIBUTED TO COVID-NINETEEN.
ACADIANA HAD TWO MORE DEATHS. ONE IN IBERIA PARISH AND ONE IN ST. LANDRY PARISH. THERE WERE NO NEW DEATHS IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. THERE ARE TWO HUNDRED AND TEN NEW CASES IN ACADIANA. LAFAYETTE PARISH HAD NINETY-THREE, PUTTING THEIR OVERALL TOTAL PAST SEVENTEEN THOUSAND. MEANWHILE IBERIA PARISH HAS ECLIPSED FIVE THOUSAND CASES. SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD SIXTY-THREE NEW CASES, INCLUDING FORTY-SEVEN NEW CASES IN CALCASIEU PARISH AND AN ADJUSTMENT OF SIX LESS IN CAMERON PARISH.
U-L LAFAYETTE STUDENTS ARE BACK ON CAMPUS TODAY TO BEGIN THE SPRING SEMESTER. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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LAST NIGHT THE CALCASIEU PARISH SCHOOL BOARD EXTENDED TWO TEMPORARY COVID-NINETEEN POLICIES THROUGH JUNE. THE BOARD EXTENDED COVID-NINETEEN EMERGENCY PAID SICK LEAVE. BOARD MEMBER ERIC TARVER SAYS THEY HAD TO CONTINUE THE POLICY AS LONG AS PEOPLE ARE BEING SENT HOME TO QUARANTINE. THE BOARD ALSO EXTENDED A POLICY IN WHICH UNIFORMS FOR STUDENTS ARE OPTIONAL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SPRING SEMESTER.
