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CROWLEY HAD ITS FIRST MURDER OF TWENTY-TWENTY-ONE. TIMMY HARMON WAS SHOT AND KILLED. POLICE FOUND HIM IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS LYING ON THE GROUND IN THE FIFTEEN HUNDRED BLOCK OF NORTH AVENUE I. FIRST AID EFFORTS WERE UNSUCCESSFUL AND HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE CRIME IS ASKED TO CALL CRIME STOPPERS OF ACADIA PARISH AT SEVEN EIGHT-NINE-TIPS.
THERE WAS A TWO ALARM FIRE AT A STORAGE FACILITY ON NORTHEAST EVANGELINE THRUWAY IN LAFAYETTE LAST NIGHT. GERALD GRUENIG REPORTS.
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AFTER DECREASING FOR TWO DAYS, COVID-NINETEEN HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE UP AGAIN BY TWENTY-SIX, MOVING THE TOTAL COUNT FOR LOUISIANA ABOVE TWO THOUSAND AGAIN. THERE ARE THREE FEWER PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS. THE NUMBER OF NEW POSITIVE CASES ROSE BY MORE THAN TWO THOUSAND, MOVING THE TOTAL PAST THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO THOUSAND. THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH DID NOT UPDATE CONFIRMED DEATHS BECAUSE OF PROBLEMS WITH THE DATA SYSTEM.
ACADIANA RECORDED TWO HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE NEW POSITIVE COVID-NINETEEN CASES TODAY. THAT MOVES THE TOTAL FOR THE REGION ABOVE FORTY-EIGHT THOUSAND. LAFAYETTE PARISH HAD THE MOST WITH ONE HUNDRED ONE. VERMILLION PARISH’S TOTAL MOVES ABOVE FOUR THOUSAND FOR THE FIRST TIME. SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD ONE HUNDRED EIGHT NEW CASES, INCLUDING EIGHTY IN CALCASIEU PARISH.
Authorities say they have arrested a Lafayette man for participating in last week’s riot at the U.S. Capitol. Fifty-year-old Vaughn A. Gordon made an initial appearance Thursday via videoconference before U.S. Magistrate Judge Patrick Hanna in Lafayette. He faces two charges, including one count of knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds without lawful authority. Gordon told The Advocate that he was able to wander the building for nearly two hours, adding he remained peaceful and didn’t vandalize anything.
A BREAUX BRIDGE MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR SECOND DEGREE CRUELTY TO A JUVENILE. ST. MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES WERE CALLED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL AFTER AN INFANT WAS BROUGHT THERE WITH BROKEN BONES. AN INVESTIGATION LED TO THE ARREST YESTERDAY OF TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD COLE HORTON. HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE ST. MARTIN PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER AND BOND WAS NOT SET AS OF LAST NIGHT.
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The widow of Republican U.S. Representative-elect Luke Letlow is entering the race to fill the Louisiana congressional vacancy left by her husband’s death from complications related to COVID-19. Julia Barnhill Letlow announced her campaign launch Thursday. She’s seeking the 5th District seat representing central and northeastern Louisiana that her husband Luke Letlow had won in December. The election is March 20.
THE NEW SEMESTER FOR SOWELA TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE WILL BE COMPLETELY VIRTUAL WHEN IT BEGINS JANUARY NINETEENTH. IT’S PART OF THE SCHOOL’S SAFE START PLAN. IN PERSON LEARNING WILL START ON FEBRUARY FIRST. THE REASON FOR THE TWO WEEKS OF ONLINE CLASSES TO START IS BECAUSE OF CONCERNS THAT STAFF AND STUDENTS MAY HAVE HAD AN INCREASED EXPOSURE TO COVID-NINETEEN OVER THE HOLIDAY BREAK.
