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THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH GOVERNMENT OPENED A WARMING SHELTER FOR RESIDENTS. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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STUDENTS IN LAFAYETTE PARISH PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE COMING BACK TODAY AFTER ENJOYING A HOLIDAY BREAK. TRACY WIRTZ WITH THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM SAYS ALL BUSES IN THE PARISH ARE NOW HEATED SO STUDENTS WILL HAVE A COMFORTABLE RIDE TO SCHOOL. ABOUT TWENTY-THOUSAND STUDENTS RIDE THE SCHOOL BUSES. WIRTZ SAYS ELEMENTARY STUDENTS MAY BE KEPT INDOORS FOR RECESS DURING THIS COLD SPELL.
The first U.S. bird flu death has been reported. Louisiana health officials announced the death Monday of a person who had been hospitalized with severe respiratory symptoms. Health officials have said the person was older than 65, had underlying medical problems and had been in contact with sick and dead birds in a backyard flock. They also said a genetic analysis had suggested the bird flu virus had mutated inside the patient, which could have led to the more severe illness.
MORE HURRICANE FUNDING HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED FOR DIFFERENT PARTS OF LOUISIANA. SOME OF THAT MONEY WILL BE GOING TO THE CITY OF OAKDALE. THE OAKDALE HOUSING AUTHORITY ANNOUNCED THE CITY WILL RECEIVE NEARLY THREE-POINT-THREE MILLION DOLLARS. THOSE FUNDS WILL GO TOWARD MAKING PERMANENT REPAIRS TO BUILDINGS DAMAGED BY HURRICANE DELTA.
A TEENAGER WANTED FOR A VEHICLE THEFT IN NEW IBERIA LAST WEEK HAS BEEN ARRESTED. NEW IBERIA POLICE RECOVERED THREE STOLEN VEHICLES RECENTLY. SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD JACE OWENS WAS A SUSPECT IN THE THEFT OF A VEHICLE FROM QUEEN CITY DRIVE, WHICH WAS LATER FOUND ON DELASALLE DRIVE. OWENS FACES CHARGES OF THEFT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND SIMPLE BURGLARY.
A LAFAYETTE MAN MAY HAVE HARVESTED THE BIGGEST BLACK BEAR IN STATE HISTORY. DERON SANTINY, A MILITARY VETERAN AND PURPLE HEART RECIPIENT, TOOK PART IN THE FIRST LOUISIANA BLACK BEAR HUNT IN THIRTY-FIVE YEARS, WHICH ENDED DECEMBER TWENTY-SECOND. HE HARVESTED A SIX HUNDRED NINETY-SIX POUND BLACK BEAR IN TENSAS PARISH. A TOTAL OF EIGHT MALES AND TWO FEMALES WERE HARVESTED IN THE SPECIAL SEASON, WHICH WAS ADMINISTERED BY THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHING.
LOUISIANA OFFICIALS CRITICIZED PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN’S RECENT DECISION TO ISSUE AN OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING BAN. BIDEN SAID THE BAN WILL ADDRESS CLIMATE RISKS AND PREVENT CATASTROPHIC OIL SPILLS. LOUISIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL LIZ MURRILL ISSUED A STATEMENT ON TWITTER WHERE SHE TALKED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OF A LAWSUIT. SHE CALLED THE BAN AN ATTACK ON THE NATION’S ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND A DIRECT THREAT TO AMERICA’S SECURITY.
THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING A JANUARY SECOND HOUSE FIRE IN CHURCH POINT IN WHICH A PERSON’S BODY WAS FOUND IN THE HOME. THE HOMEOWNER, LEEWARD MECHE JUNIOR, TELLS KLFY TV THAT THE PERSON WHO DIED WAS THIRTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD ISAIAH HARRISON. MECHE SAID HE HAD GOTTEN HARRISON FROM ALABAMA TO COME WORK WITH HIM. HE SAYS MECHE WAS ALWAYS COLD AND KEPT A SPACE HEATER NEAR HIM, AND HE THINKS THE SPACE HEATER MAY HAVE CAUGHT ON FIRE.
