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11-25-20

Gov. John Bel Edwards is toughening restrictions on businesses and gatherings as Louisiana sees a third spike in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations. The Democratic governor is decreasing customers allowed at restaurants, gyms, salons, casinos, malls and other nonessential businesses from 75% of their occupancy rate to 50%. Crowds at churches will be capped at 75% of their capacity. High school football game crowd sizes will shrink to 25%. The new rules take effect today and expire Dec. 23.

 

MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN LAFAYETTE PARISH ARE RETURNING TO HYBRID SCHEDULES AS THE THIRD CORONAVIRUS WAVE SWEEPS ACROSS ACADIANA.  CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS THE DETAILS.

 

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LOUISIANA HAD ONE THOUSAND, TWENTY-THREE NEW CASES OF COVID-NINETEEN, MOVING THE OVERALL TOTAL PAST TWO HUNDRED FOURTEEN THOUSAND.  THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH REPORTED TWENTY-FIVE MORE DEATHS.  THERE WERE ALSO TWENTY-FIVE MORE HOSPITALIZATIONS AND THREE MORE PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS.

 

THERE ARE TWO MORE DEATHS REPORTED IN ACADIANA.  THEY WERE IN ACADIA AND IBERIA PARISHES.  THERE WAS ONE MORE PERSON WHO DIED FROM COVID-NINETEEN IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA, WHICH WAS IN CALCASIEU PARISH.  THE TOTAL DEATHS IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAS REACHED FOUR HUNDRED.  ACADIANA HAD ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-SIX NEW CASES, INCLUDING EIGHTY IN LAFAYETTE PARISH.  SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD SIXTY-EIGHT NEW CASES, MOST OF WHICH WERE IN CALCASIEU PARISH WITH FIFTY-FOUR.

 

A SEVENTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD WOMAN DIED MONDAY MORNING IN A MOBILE HOME FIRE IN NEW IBERIA.  THE FIRE AT THE MOBILE HOME, LOCATED IN THE FIFTY-TWO HUNDRED BLOCK OF NORRIS ROAD, BROKE OUT IN A WINDOW A-C UNIT IN THE LIVING ROOM.  THE WOMAN’S SON TRIED TO PUT OUT THE FIRE UNSUCCESSFULLY AND WAS UNABLE TO RESCUE HIS MOTHER AFTER THE CEILING FELL IN.  HER BODY WAS FOUND NEAR THE BACK DOOR.  THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED BUT FIRE MARSHAL’S DEPUTIES HAVE NOT RULED OUT AN ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION OF THE A-C UNIT, WHICH WAS RECENTLY INSTALLED.

 

RUFFINO’S RESTAURANT ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT THE OWNER, RUFFIN RODRIGUE JUNIOR, HAS DIED.  HE DIED UNEXPECTEDLY LAST NIGHT AT THE AGE OF FIFTY-THREE.  HE WAS AN L-S-U FOOTBALL PLAYER FROM 1983 TO 1986.  FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER.

 

HOUSES OF WORSHIP WHO SUFFERED DAMAGE FROM HURRICANES LAURA OR DELTA MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR FEMA GRANTS TO COVER EXPENSES.  GRANTS THROUGH FEMA’S PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAM CAN COVER COSTS TO REPAIR OR REPLACE FACILITIES.  TO GET MORE INFORMATION OR TO MAKE A REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE, GO ONLINE TO LOUISIANA  P-A-DOT-COM.  THE DEADLINE TO MAKE A REQUEST FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE IS NOVEMBER THIRTIETH FOR HURRICANE LAURA AND DECEMBER FIFTEENTH FOR HURRICANE DELTA.

 

THE CHURCH POINT POLICE DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING A HIT AND RUN THAT HAPPENED LAST SATURDAY AT TWO A-M IN FRONT OF DEBBIE’S LOUNGE.  WITNESSES SAY A BLACK TRUCK, POSSIBLY A CHEVROLET, HIT TWO PARKED VEHICLES, PUSHING THEM INTO PEDESTRIANS, WHO WERE INJURED.  POLICE ARE ASKING FOR VIDEO FROM AREA BUSINESSES IN ORDER TO GET A POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION ON THE VEHICLE, WHICH IS BELIEVED TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE FRONT.  ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE HIT-AND-RUN IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE CHURCH POINT POLICE DEPARTMENT.