1-4-21
AN EMPLOYEE AT THE ST. MARTINVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS CONTRACTED COVID-NINETEEN. AFTER GETTING THE POSITIVE TEST RESULT, THE POLICE CHIEF, RICKY MARTIN, ANNOUNCED THE LOBBY AREA WOULD BE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC AS A PRECAUTION BEGINNING TODAY. HE SAYS A CLEANING CREW WILL COME IN AND SANITIZE THE LOBBY AREA AND ALL PLACES THE EMPLOYEE MAY HAVE FREQUENTED. THE PUBLIC CAN STILL GET ASSISTANCE BY CALLING 394-THREE-THOUSAND-ONE.
THE DEQUINCY HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL FIELD CAUGHT FIRE YESTERDAY. THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYS IN A FACEBOOK POST THAT HALF THE FIELD WAS ON FIRE WHEN THEY ARRIVED. THEY WERE ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE QUICKLY. IT’S BELIEVED THAT FIREWORKS STARTED THE BLAZE.
COVID-NINETEEN HOSPITALIZATIONS IN LOUISIANA CONTINUE TO RISE WITH FIFTY-EIGHT MORE, BRINGING THE TOTAL CLOSE TO NINETEEN HUNDRED. THERE ARE THREE MORE PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS. THE STATE HAD THIRTY-SIX MORE DEATHS. THERE ARE MORE THAN ELEVEN HUNDRED CONFIRMED POSITIVE CASES IN LOUISIANA, MOVING THE TOTAL OVER TWO HUNDRED NINETY-TWO THOUSAND.
ACADIANA HAD FOUR MORE DEATHS FROM COVID-NINETEEN, ACCORDING TO TODAY’S REPORT FROM THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. TWO WERE IN ACADIA PARISH AND THE OTHER TWO WERE IN LAFAYETTE AND ST. MARTIN PARISHES. SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD ONE DEATH WHICH WAS IN JEFF DAVIS PARISH. ACADIANA HAD ONE HUNDRED TWENTY NEW CASES, INCLUDING FORTY-SEVEN IN LAFAYETTE PARISH. THERE WERE TWENTY-FIVE NEW CASES IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. CAMERON AND JEFF DAVIS PARISHES HAD THE MOST WITH ELEVEN EACH.
The announcement that Louisiana soon will allow people aged 70 and older to get the coronavirus vaccine is spurring significant interest. Louisiana’s Department of Health says residents clamoring for immunizations have hurried to pharmacies trying to receive a shot. But those vaccinations don’t begin until today and will require a scheduled appointment. Some pharmacies’ phone lines have been overwhelmed with people trying to get information. Today Louisiana will announce the pharmacies administering doses at covidvaccine.la.gov, so people can begin trying to make appointments.
AN OPELOUSAS MOTHER, WHO LOST HER SON TO GUN VIOLENCE IN TWENTY-FOURTEENTH, HAS STARTED A NON PROFIT TO HELP PARENTS TO DEAL WITH LOSING A CHILD. LORA HARRISON OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED “MOTHERS WITH BROKEN HEARTS” YESTERDAY. OPELOUSAS MAYOR JULIUS ALSANDOR DECLARED JANUARY THIRD AS MOTHERS WITH BROKEN HEARTS DAY. HARRISON SAYS SHE THINKS THE PAIN SHE FELT FOR HER SON WILL HELP HER TO EASE THE PAIN OF OTHER MOTHERS.
STATE DISTRICT JUDGE RON WARE, WHO HAS BEEN A FAMILIAR FACE AT THE CALCASIEU COURTHOUSE, IS RETIRING THIS MONTH. HE HAS BEEN A DISTRICT JUDGE SINCE TWO THOUSAND EIGHT AND BEFORE THAT WAS A PROSECUTOR AND A PUBLIC DEFENDER. HE IS SUCCEEDED BY KENDRICK GUIDRY. ALSO DISTRICT JUDGE JOHN TRAHAN RETIRED ON DECEMBER 31ST AFTER MANY YEARS OF SERVICE ON THE BENCH IN THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, WHICH INCLUDES ACADIA, LAFAYETTE AND VERMILLION PARISHES. HE’S RECEIVED MANY COMMENDATIONS FROM THE LEGAL COMMUNITY IN THE ACADIANA REGION. HE WILL BE SUCCEEDED BY SCOTT PREVOT.
FOUR PEOPLE RACKED UP A BILL OF ALMOST ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE DOLLARS AT THE FIERY CRAB RESTAURANT IN LAFAYETTE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND LEFT WITHOUT PAYING. SHORTLY AFTER THE INCIDENT WAS REPORTED BY LAFAYETTE POLICE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THE GRANDMOTHER OF THE FOUR WENT TO THE RESTAURANT AND PAID THE BILL. THE MANAGER OF THE RESTAURANT SAYS THE GRANDMOTHER TOLD HIM THE FOUR HAD LEFT THEIR CREDIT CARDS AT HOME.
TODAY IS SIGNIFICANT IN CROWLEY HISTORY. ON THIS DATE IN EIGHTEEN-EIGHTY-SEVEN, THE FIRST BUSINESS WAS OPENED IN CROWLEY. JAC FRANKEL OPENED A GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORE AT THE CORNER OF WEST SECOND STREET AND NORTH PARKERSON. IT WAS THE FIRST BUILDING TO BE COMPLETED IN CROWLEY.
