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1-7-21

TWO ACADIANA MEN WITNESSED THE SHOCKING MOMENTS THAT UNFOLDED AT THE NATION’S CAPITAL WEDNESDAY.  CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS MORE.

 

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The mayor of  Lake Charles has tested positive for the coronavirus. A statement Monday from the city of Lake Charles said Mayor Nic Hunter is “doing well and currently resting at home.” The mayor told the American Press that he isolated himself and got tested after being around someone else who tested positive. He said the first few days he felt “pretty bad” but said it was nothing compared to what some people have experienced.

 

Hospital leaders are warning they are running dangerously short of beds because of the influx of COVID-19 patients. The situation is only expected to worsen because of the holidays and it comes as a slow distribution of the coronavirus vaccine rolls out across Louisiana. Gov. John Bel Edwards on Wednesday described state efforts to improve the pace of vaccinations but he and public health officials noted nothing would happen quickly enough to combat the state’s coronavirus outbreak except the precautionary measures they’ve been preaching for months.

 

THERE WERE ALMOST FOUR THOUSAND NEW CONFIRMED COVID-NINETEEN CASES IN LOUISIANA, ACCORDING TO TODAY’S REPORT FROM THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.  THAT MOVES THE TOTAL NEAR THREE HUNDRED FOUR THOUSAND.  THE STATE HAD FORTY-SIX MORE DEATHS.  THERE ARE FORTY MORE HOSPITALIZATIONS, WHICH PUTS THE TOTAL OVER TWO THOUSAND.  THERE ARE TWELVE MORE PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS.

 

ACADIANA’S NEW CASE COUNT SURGED BY SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTEEN, INCLUDING TWO HUNDRED NINETY-SEVEN IN LAFAYETTE PARISH.  THERE ARE THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO NEW CONFIRMED COVID CASES IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA.  CALCASIEU PARISH HAD THE MOST WITH ONE HUNDRED FIFTEEN.  SIX MORE DEATHS WERE REPORTED IN ACADIANA.  IBERIA AND LAFAYETTE PARISHES HAD TWO EACH, AND THERE WAS ONE EACH IN EVANGELINE AND VERMILLION PARISHES. SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD ONE MORE DEATH, WHICH WAS IN BEAUREGARD PARISH.

 

THE PORT BARRE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS TRYING TO SOLVE A RASH OF VEHICLE AND HOME BURGLARIES IN PORT BARRE.  THEY HAPPENED BETWEEN NOVEMBER TWENTY-SIXTH AND DECEMBER TWENTY-FIRST.  A GROUP OF, WHAT APPEAR TO BE, YOUNG MALE JUVENILES, WEARING HOODIES, FACE MASKS, GLOVES AND HANDGUNS, WERE SEEN ON VIDEOS.  ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE CRIMES IS ASKED TO CALL ST. LANDRY CRIME STOPPERS AT NINE-FOUR-EIGHT-TIPS.

 

LAFAYETTE POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A MAN WHO FIRED SHOTS AT A FATHER AND HIS THREE SONS IN THE ONE HUNDRED BLOCK OF HEBERT ROAD ON TUESDAY.  AFTER A VERBAL ALTERCATION, TWENTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD JOSEPH DEVOLTZ ALLEGEDLY WENT TO HIS HOME AND GOT A RIFLE.  HE IS ACCUSED OF FIRING SHOTS AT THE FOUR AS THEY FLED.  NO ONE WAS INJURED BUT A VHEICLE WAS DAMAGED.  DEVOLTZ IS FACING FOUR COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE MURDER.

 

A NEW WATER SYSTEM IS ON LINE FOR MAURICE, ACCORDING TO MAYOR WAYNE THERIOT.  ABOUT SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND GALLONS OF UNFILTERED WATER ARE BEING FLUSHED OUT OF THE SYSTEM, WHICH WILL TAKE ABOUT TWO WEEKS TO COMPLETE.  HE SAYS RESIDENTS MAY EXPERIENCE A HIGH AMOUNT OF IRON IN THE WATER UNTIL THE WATER IS FLUSHED.  THERIOT SAYS ONCE AN AREA IS FLUSHED, RESIDENTS SHOULD RUN HOT WATER FOR FIVE TO TEN MINUTES TO MAKE SURE THEIR HOME WATER SYSTEM IS FLUSHED.