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LAFAYETTE GENERAL ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THEY HAVE MERGED WITH OCHSNER HEALTH AND WILL NOW BE KNOWN AS OCHSNER LAFAYETTE GENERAL. THAT MEANS ALL THE OTHER MEDICAL FACILITIES THAT ARE IN THE LAFAYETTE GENERAL SYSTEM WILL BE RENAMED WITH OCHSNER PROMINENTLY INCLUDED SUCH AS OCHSNER ACADIA GENERAL HOSPITAL. AS PART OF THE MERGER, OCHSNER AGREES TO INVEST FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS IN CAPITAL AND RESOURCES OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS TO EXPAND CARE ACROSS ACADIANA. IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR, LAFAYETTE GENERAL’S BOARD OF TRUSTEES SIGNED A LETTER OF INTENT TO MERGE WITH OCHSNER AND ON SEPTEMBER FOURTH, THE LOUISIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL APPROVED THE MERGER.
ENTERGY LOUISIANA ANNOUNCED THEY HAVE RESTORED POWER TO ALL ACCESSIBLE CUSTOMERS IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA WHO CAN SAFELY RECEIVE THE POWER. SOME HOMES HAD DAMAGE TO THEIR ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND WILL HAVE TO HAVE THAT REPAIRED BEFORE POWER CAN BE RESTORED. THE STORM TEAM WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE REPAIRS TO THE ELECTRICAL POWER DELIVERY SYSTEM, MAKING IT MORE RESILIENT, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO NOVEMBER. HURRICANE LAURA HIT SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ON AUGUST TWENTY-SEVENTH AND, AT ITS PEAK, MORE THAN NINETY-THREE THOUSAND CUSTOMERS WERE WITHOUT POWER.
- MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ARE SEARCHING FOR AN ALLEGED DRUG DEALER FROM BREAUX BRIDGE. THE ARREST WARRANT FOR THIRTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD ABRUM J. FONTENETTE CAME AFTER A SEARCH WARRANT WAS EXECUTED AT A HOME IN THE TWELVE HUNDRED BLOCK OF ANSE BROUSSARD HIGHWAY IN BREAUX BRIDGE. DEPUTIES FOUND TWENTY-SEVEN GRAMS OF COCAINE HYDROCHLORIDE INSIDE A SALT CONTAINER WITH A FALSE BOTTOM. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE WHEREABOUTS OF FONTENETTE IS ASKED TO CALL ST. MARTIN CRIME STOPPERS AT FOUR-FOUR-ONE-THREE-OH-THREE-OH.
Louisiana House Republicans have started advancing multiple approaches to intervene in Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards’ coronavirus decision-making. But disagreements emerged Thursday with the Senate on the best method of attack. The House and Senate disagree over how far lawmakers should go and what’s within the limits of their constitutional authority. Negotiations continue behind the scenes as lawmakers in the majority-Republican Legislature try to determine what can win support from both chambers — and what could get enough votes to either override Edwards’ veto or avoid the governor’s desk entirely.
COVID-NINETEEN HOSPITALIZATIONS IN LOUISIANA WERE DOWN BY NINETEEN YESTERDAY AND BY FORTY-ONE OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ALSO REPORTS THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS WENT DOWN BY FOUR TO A TOTAL OF SEVENTY-FIVE. THERE ARE EIGHT MORE DEATHS FROM COVID-NINETEEN IN LOUISIANA AND FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE NEW CASES.
ACADIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD ONE MORE COVID-NINETEEN DEATH IN EACH REGION. THEY OCCURRED IN VERMILLION PARISH AND CALCASIEU PARISH. THERE WERE SIXTY-TWO NEW CASES IN ACADIANA, INCLUDING TWENTY-THREE IN ST. LANDRY PARISH. LAFAYETTE PARISH HAD NINETEEN TO MOVE THEIR OVERALL TOTAL PAST NINE THOUSAND. SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD FIFTY-FIVE NEW CASES, MORE THAN HALF COMING FROM ALLEN PARISH. THE OVERALL TOTAL FOR SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAS SURPASSED TWELVE THOUSAND FOR THE FIRST TIME.
THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS UPDATED A MAP OF GUN FREE ZONES AND FILED IT WITH THE CLERK OF COURTS OFFICE. THIS HAPPENS JUST DAYS BEFORE A PLANNED MARCH BY A BLACK MILITIA GROUP PLANNED FOR TOMORROW IN DOWNTOWN LAFAYETTE. THE GROUP HAS A PERMIT FOR A MARCH BUT THE ROUTE FOR THE MARCH IS UNCLEAR BECAUSE OF THE GUN FREE ZONES. THE MAP SETS UP THOUSAND FEET BUFFER ZONES AROUND SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
NEIGHBORS ARE SPEAKING OUT ABOUT THE SHOOTING DEATH OF A NEW IBERIA MAN. CAROLINE MARCELLO REPORTS.
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