10-13-20
MANY SCHOOLS IN ACADIANA WILL REMAIN CLOSED TODAY. CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS THE DETAILS.
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EUNICE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL WILL BE CLOSED FOR THE REMAINDER OF OCTOBER AFTER MOLD WAS FOUND IN SEVERAL CLASSROOMS. SUPERINTENDENT PATRICK JENKINS SAYS POWER OUTAGES ALONG WITH PERIODS OF OCCUPANCY FOLLOWED BY NO OCCUPANCY MADE MANAGING THE INDOOR SPACES MORE DIFFICULT. HE SAYS ELEVATED HUMIDITY AND EXCESSIVE MOISTURE LED TO THE MOLD, WHICH WAS NOT BLACK MOLD. A CERTIFIED MOLD REMOVAL AND RESTORATION COMPANY WILL CLEAN THE SCHOOL FOLLOWED BY VISUAL INSPECTIONS AND AIR TESTING.
AS OF LATE THIS MORNING, CLECO STILL HAD MORE THAN NINE THOUSAND CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER. MOST OF THAT IS IN ACADIA AND ST. LANDRY PARISHES. SLEMCO HAS MORE THAN TWENTY-TWO THOUSAND CUSTOMERS WITHOUT ELECTRICITY. THAT INCLUDES MORE THAN SEVEN THOUSAND IN LAFAYETTE PARISH AND MORE THAN SIX THOUSAND IN ACADIA PARISH. ENTERGY IS STILL TRYING TO RESTORE POWER TO MORE THAN THIRTY-THREE THOUSAND CUSTOMERS IN LOUISIANA, INCLUDING NEARLY SIX THOUSAND IN CALCASIEU PARISH AND ALMOST FOUR THOUSAND IN ACADIA PARISH. LAFAYETTE UTILITIES SERVICE ESTIMATED SEVEN HUNDRED CUSTOMERS WERE WITHOUT POWER AS OF SIX LAST NIGHT.
The future is uncertain for the coastal Louisiana region where two hurricanes made landfall six weeks apart. Cameron parish had about 9,800 residents when Hurricane Rita hit in 2005. The next census, in 2010, found about 6,800 people. A local official, Scott Trahan, says he doesn’t know what will happen after the hits by Laura in August and then Delta on Friday.
ONE PERSON WAS KILLED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION IN LAFAYETTE LAST NIGHT. SHORTLY AFTER SIX, THE DRIVER OF A VEHICLE TRAVELING IN THE SIXTEEN HUNDRED BLOCK OF LOUISIANA AVENUE VEERED INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. ONE PERSON IN THAT VEHICLE, NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD CARRIE GUIDROZ OF LAFAYETTE, WHO WAS A PASSENGER, WAS KILLED. THREE OTHER PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH.
THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH REPORTED TEN MORE DEATHS IN THE STATE FROM COVID-NINETEEN TODAY. THERE ARE SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY-TWO MORE CASES IN LOUISIANA. HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE DOWN SLIGHTLY, BY FOUR, AND THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS DECREASED BY TWO.
ACADIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA EACH HAD ONE MORE DEATH. THEY WERE IN LAFAYETTE AND CALCASIEU PARISHES. THERE ARE EIGHTEEN NEW CASES IN ACADIANA, INCLUDING TEN IN EVANGELINE PARISH. SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA RECORDED TWENTY MORE. THERE WERE TWENTY-FOUR NEW CASES IN CALCASIEU PARISH BUT THREE SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA PARISHES HAD THEIR TOTAL NUMBERS ADJUSTED LOWER.
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