10-1-21
A SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES CALL LED TO THE DISCOVERY OF HUMAN REMAINS ON A BURN PILE IN LAFAYETTE PARISH. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE RECEIVED A CALL AT AROUND TEN-TWENTY-FIVE YESTERDAY MORNING. THE CALLER SAID THAT THEY HAD FOUND, WHAT THEY BELIEVED WERE, HUMAN REMAINS ON A BURN PILE IN THE THREE HUNDRED BLOCK OF BURBANK ROAD. THE IDENTITY OF THE REMAINS AND THE CAUSE OF DEATH ARE UNDER INVESTIGATION.
THE SAINT MARTIN PARISH SCHOOL DISTRICT IS IMPLEMENTING A POLICY ALLOWING PARENTS TO DECIDE WHETHER TO QUARANTINE THEIR CHILD IF THEY COME INTO CLOSE CONTACT WITH SOMEONE WHO HAS COVID-NINETEEN. ON WEDNESDAY, THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ANNOUNCED THE PARENT CHOICE QUARANTINE OPTION. SAINT MARTIN PARISH IS THE ONLY ONE SO FAR TO OPT INTO THE POLICY IN ACADIANA. THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS IN A NEWS RELEASE THEY WERE NOT CONSULTED ABOUT THE POLICY AND HAVE STRONGLY URGED LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO FOLLOW PUBLIC HEALTH GUIDANCE.
THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH REPORTED THIRTY-ONE PERCENT OF COVID CASES AS OF TODAY ARE AMONG CHILDREN SEVENTEEN AND YOUNGER. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE ON THE COVID-NINETEEN NUMBERS FOR LOUISIANA AS OF YESTERDAY.
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THE U-S CONGRESS YESTERDAY BROKE AN IMPASSE THAT WILL ALLOW THE GOVERNMENT TO KEEP OPERATING FOR TWO MORE MONTHS AND FREES UP TWENTY-EIGHT-POINT-SIX BILLION DOLLARS IN AID. IT INCLUDES FUNDS FOR DAMAGES FROM LAST YEAR’S HURRICANES IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AS WELL AS THE FREEZE IN FEBRUARY. GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS CALLED IT TRAGIC THAT SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD TO WAIT THIS LONG, BUT THE MONEY WILL HELP REVITALIZE THOSE COMMUNITIES. LAKE CHARLES MAYOR NIC HUNTER TELLS THE ADVOCATE THAT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WILL FILTER INTO SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA IS A “PITTANCE” COMPARED TO THE DISASTER RELIEF PACKAGES GOING TO OTHER COMMUNITIES.
A JUDGE HAS RULED THAT THE VACCINE MANDATE FOR EMPLOYEES OF OUR LADY OF LOURDES HOSPITAL WILL REMAIN IN PLACE BUT THE CHALLENGE COULD BE REVISITED IF SOMEONE LOSES THEIR JOB OVER IT. THE NEW POLICY REQUIRES A LEADERS GROUP AT THE HOSPITAL TO BE VACCINATED BY NOVEMBER THIRTIETH OR THEY WILL BE TERMINATED. THE DEADLINE IS DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST FOR THE REMAINING EMPLOYEES WHO ARE NOT PART OF THE LEADERS GROUP. ATTORNEY JIMMY FAIRCLOTH, WHO REPRESENTED LOURDES’ EMPLOYEES TRYING TO STOP THE MANDATE, WAS ENCOURAGED BY THE JUDGE’S RULING, SAYING IT’S CLEAR TO HER THAT LOURDE’S IS VERY CLOSE TO VIOLATING RIGHTS.
A NEW IBERIA MAN WAS SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS IN PRISON ON DRUG TRAFFICKING CHARGES. TWENTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD DEONDRICK W. BROWN WAS ARRESTED AFTER A TRAFFIC STOP IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR. STATE TROOPERS WHO CONDUCTED THE STOP SMELLED MARIJUANA IN THE CAR AND, AFTER A SEARCH, FOUND MORE THAN FORTY-SIX THOUSAND MULTI-COLORED PILLS AND TABLETS. A DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION LAB FOUND THAT THE PILLS CONTAINED METHAMPHETAMINE.
The Biden administration has scheduled an offshore oil and gas lease sale for the Gulf of Mexico on Nov. 17, obeying a court order. The Democratic president’s moratorium on new oil and gas leasing on federal lands was blocked by a judge in June. The government said it would resume sales while appealing that order. An industry group official says the sale is important for American workers and security
OPELOUSAS POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING THAT LEFT ONE PERSON DEAD AND ANOTHER INJURED. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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