10-22-20
A LAFAYETTE CITIZEN’S GROUP IS CALLING FOR THE LAFAYETTE MAYOR PRESIDENT’S POSITION TO BE SPLIT IN TO TWO SEPARATE POSITIONS. THE CONCERNED COMMUNITY ACTIVIST ORGANIZATION BELIEVES THAT WAY THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE WILL HAVE MORE CONTROL OVER DECISIONS THAT AFFECT THE CITY. THE GROUP IS CALLING FOR AMENDING THE HOME RULE CHARTER TO HAVE A MAYOR AND PARISH PRESIDENT RATHER THAN COMBINING THE TWO, AND MAKING THE POLICE CHIEF POSITION ELECTED RATHER THAN APPOINTED. AN ADVOCATE FOR CONCERNED COMMUNITY, KEITH FAULK, TELLS KLFY TV THERE SHOULD BE NO ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE LAFAYETTE POLICE DEPARTMENT UNTIL A CITIZENS’ REVIEW BOARD IS IN PLACE WITH SUBPOENA POWER TO CALL WITNESSES AND VIEW BODY CAM FOOTAGE.
A HUSBAND IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AND KILLING HIS WIFE IN BALDWIN. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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Republicans in Louisiana’s House and Senate have reached a deal to give themselves the ability to nullify Gov. John Bel Edwards’ coronavirus restrictions. Now, the waiting game begins. Will the Democratic governor veto the bill and send lawmakers home with little to show for the special session they called to try to curb his emergency decision-making? Republicans don’t have enough seats in the House to override a veto. And several GOP lawmakers in both chambers voted against the final bill.
CALCASIEU PARISH MOSQUITO CONTROL IS GETTING HELP FROM TWO U-S AIR FORCE C-ONE-THIRTY AIRCRAFT IN PUTTING DOWN A MOSQUITO OUTBREAK CASUED BY HURRICANE DELTA. THEY BEGAN LAST NIGHT SPRAYING THE PARISH AT DUSK AND WILL RETURN TONIGHT, EACH OF THEM COVERING ONE HUNDRED TWENTY THOUSAND ACRES. PHASE ONE OF DEBRIS PICKUP IN CALCASIEU PARISH IS ABOUT SEVENTY PERCENT COMPLETE AND PARISH OFFICIALS SAYS IT WILL TAKE ANOTHER TWO WEEKS TO FINISH IT. PHASES TWO AND THREE OF DEBRIS PICKUP WILL EACH TAKE ABOUT TWO MONTHS.
CLECO CUSTOMERS HAVE BEEN THE VICTIMS OF FRAUDULENT CALLS OR TEXTS RECENTLY. THE SCAMMER WARNS THE CUSTOMER THAT THEIR SERVICE IS ABOUT TO BE DISCONNECTED UNLESS THEY MAKE AN IMMEDIATE PAYMENT USING A PREPAID CARD. THE CLECO DIRECTOR OF CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE, RON SMITH, SAYS THEY NEVER DEMAND IMMEDIATE PAYMENT OR REQUIRE PAYMENT THROUGH A PREPAID CARD. CUSTOMERS WHO SUSPECT THEY HAVE BEEN CALLED BY A SCAMMER SHOULD CONTACT CLECO OR THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCMENT AGENCY.
CROWLEY MAYOR TIM MONCEAUX HAS APOLOGIZED FOR THE BEHAVIOR OF ALDERMAN LYLE FOGELMAN AT TUESDAY NIGHT’S CITY COUNCIL MEETING. IT WAS A HIGHLY CHARGED MEETING TO VOTE ON A NEW BUDGET, BUT INCLUDED A GROUP COMING IN TO PROTEST THE ARREST OF T-J YOKUM BY THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE. FOGELMAN WAS SEEN GIVING A THROAT SLASHING GESTURE TOWARDS DESIREE CORMIER AFTER SHE TURNED LIGHTS ON THAT HAD BEEN TURNED OFF AFTER THE MEETING, AND HE GOT INTO A VERBAL ALTERCATION WITH FELLOW ALDERMAN VERNON “STEP” MARTIN. MAYOR MONCEAUX EXPRESSED DISAPPOINTMENT IN FOGELMAN AND SAID HIS ACTIONS DON’T REFLECT THE CITY.
THERE’S BEEN A STRONG INCREASE IN HOSPITALIZATIONS IN LOUISIANA FROM COVID-NINETEEN OVER THE PAST TWO DAY. THE STATE SAW TWENTY-TWO MORE HOSPITALIZATIONS TODAY, FIFTY-FIVE OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS, PUSHING THE TOTAL OVER SIX HUNDRED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER FOUR WEEKS. THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS ROSE BY SIX TO SIXTY-EIGHT. THERE ARE SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTEEN NEW CASES IN THE STATE, MOVING THE TOTAL OVER ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND. LOUISIANA HAD TWELVE MORE DEATHS.
ACADIANA HAD ONE MORE DEATH, WHICH WAS IN EVANGELINE PARISH. SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA REPORTED TWO MORE DEATHS. THEY WERE IN CALCASIEU AND BEAUREGARD PARISHES. THERE WERE SIXTY-TWO NEW CASES OF COVID-NINETEEN IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA, INCLUDING FIFTY-EIGHT IN CALCASIEU PARISH. ACADIANA HAD SIXTY-ONE NEW CASES. THE PARISH WITH THE MOST WAS LAFAYETTE, WHICH REPORTED THIRTY. THE TOTAL HAS SURPASSED TWENTY-SIX THOUSAND, SEVEN HUNDRED.
