10-6-20
ALL LANES OF I-FORTY-NINE ARE OPEN AT THE GRAND COTEAU/SUNSET EXIT FOLLOWING A CRASH LATE LAST NIGHT NEAR MILE MARKER EIGHT. CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS MORE.
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THE FAMILY OF THIRTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD KAO WOKOMA OF LAFAYETTE ARE OFFERING A FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR REWARD FOR INFORMATION THAT WILL HELP POLICE SOLVE HIS MURDER. THE BODY OF WOKOMA WAS FOUND IN A COULEE FRIDAY BY WORK CREWS THAT WERE CLEANING THE AREA ALONG HILLSIDE DRIVE. THE CORONER’S OFFICE DETERMINED WOKOMA WAS KILLED BY A GUNSHOT WOUND. HIS FAMILY HELD A NEWS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY TO ANNOUNCE THE REWARD AND WILL HOLD A BALLOON RELEASE THIS EVENING AT FIVE AT GIRARD PARK.
A proposal advancing in the Louisiana House would leave municipalities at risk of losing state construction dollars if they move to “defund the police.” Republican lawmakers pushed ahead with the measure Monday even as the bill sponsor acknowledged no local government around Louisiana is proposing a defunding effort. Alexandria Republican Rep. Lance Harris is running for Congress in the Nov. 3 election. He says he’s sponsoring the bill to protect public safety.
A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN JEFF DAVIS PARISH YESTERDAY AFTERNOON CLAIMED THE LIFE OF SIXTY-YEAR-OLD THELMA BREAUX HUVAL OF LAKE CHARLES. STATE POLICE SAY THE DRIVER OF A NORTH BOUND VEHICLE ON L-A THREE NINETY-FIVE TRIED TO PASS ANOTHER NORTH BOUND VEHICLE AND STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE AHEAD OF THEM MAKING A LEFT TURN ONTO PECAN ORCHARD ROAD. BOTH VEHICLES WENT INTO THE DITCH AND HUVAL, WHO WAS THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE MAKING THE LEFT TURN, WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, WHERE SHE DIED. THE CRASH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
THE POLICE CHIEF FOR IOTA HAS ADMITTED HE IS THE PERSON WHO WROTE A NAME CALLING POST ON FACEBOOK, IN WHICH HE USED ANOTHER IDENTITY, WHICH HE CALLS HIS ALTERNATE EGO. DAMON DAIGLE APOLOGIZED IN AN INTERVIEW WITH KLFY TV AND SAID HE’S NOT TRYING TO DIVIDE THE TOWN. DAIGLE SAYS HE WROTE THE POST OUT OF FRUSTRATION WITH DRIVERS BLOCKING THE ROAD IN FRONT OF IOTA ELEMENTARY WHICH RESULTED IN SEVERAL CLOSE CALLS. SOME ANGRY RESIDENTS IN IOTA HAVE BEEN SHARING THE POST.
A TWO PERCENT PAY INCREASE FOR LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES COULD BE REINSTATED. THE CITY HAS RECEIVED THIRTEEN MILLION DOLLARS IN CARES ACT FEDERAL RELIEF MONEY, AND MAYOR PRESIDENT JOSH GUILLORY HAS THREE PROPOSALS FOR SPENDING IT THAT HE WILL PRESENT TO THE COUNCIL TONIGHT. ONE OF THOSE IS TO GIVE EMPLOYEES A TWO PERCENT PAY RAISE THAT WAS SUSPENDED EARLIER THIS YEAR. HIS OTHER PROPOSALS INCLUDE FUNDING CRISIS MANAGEMENT TRAINING FOR POLICE AND SETTING UP A POLICE AND FIRE SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCY FUND.
LOUISIANA RECORDED FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO NEW CASES OF COVID-NINETEEN STATEWIDE, ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. THERE ARE SIX NEW DEATHS. HOWEVER HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE UP WITH TWENTY MORE COVID-NINETEEN PATIENTS. THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS REMAINS THE SAME AT SEVENTY-ONE.
ACADIANA HAS FIFTY-SIX NEW CASES OF COVID-NINETEEN. ST.LANDRY PARISH HAS THE MOST WITH THIRTEEN. EVANGELINE, IBERIA AND LAFAYETTE PARISHES HAVE NINE EACH. VERMILLION PARISH IS THE ONLY PARISH WITH ONE DEATH, WHICH BRINGS A TOTAL NUMBER OF DEATHS FOR THE REGION TO SIX HUNDRED NINETY-ONE. SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAS EIGHTEEN NEW CASES, INCLUDING ALLEN PARISH WITH TEN, CALCASIEU PARISH WITH SEVEN AND JEFF DAVIS PARISH WITH FIVE NEW CASES. BEAUREGARD AND CAMERON PARISHES SAW AN ADJUSTMENT DOWN BY TWO IN EACH PARISH. THERE WERE NO NEW DEATHS IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA.
