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11-3-20

A St. Landry parish man, who admitted to burning down three predominantly African American churches, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison and ordered to pay the churches $2.6 million. U.S. Attorney Alexander Van Hook says in a news release Holden Matthews set fire to the churches because of their religious nature and to promote himself as a “black metal” musician. He says a federal judge in Lafayette sentenced the 23-year-old man yesterday. Matthews pleaded guilty to both state and federal charges.

 

VOTERS IN LOUISIANA HAVE A BUSY ELECTION DAY AHEAD OF THEM AND IF YOU’RE HEADING TO THE POLLS TODAY, SYLVIA MASTERS HAS SOME INFORMATION YOU MAY NEED BEFORE YOU GO VOTE.

 

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Republican U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy is trying to reach a high hurdle in Louisiana’s election. He’s seeking to defeat 14 challengers in the primary without needing to continue his campaign through a December runoff. Cassidy would need to take more than 50% of the vote outright Tuesday to reach a second term without another month of campaigning. Also on Louisiana’s ballot are six U.S. House races, seven constitutional amendments and a parish-by-parish decision on whether to legalize sports betting.

 

THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANES LAURA AND DELTA IN JEFF DAVIS PARISH DIDN’T STOP VOTERS THERE FROM GOING TO THE POLLS EARLY.  THERE WERE SEVEN THOUSAND, TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX EARLY VOTES IN THE PARISH.  THAT COMPARES TO ONE THOUSAND, NINE HUNDRED FORTY-SEVEN IN THE LAST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN TWENTY-SIXTEEN.  A LARGE TURNOUT IS ALSO EXPECTED TODAY IN JEFF DAVIS PARISH.

 

RAYNE POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A MAN WHO STOLE MONEY FROM THE CASH REGISTER AT THE BEST WESTERN HOTEL LAST THURSDAY NIGHT.  POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT SET A FIRE IN A STAIRWELL TO CREATE A DISTRACTION SO HE COULD STEAL THE MONEY.  SECURITY VIDEO OF THE THEFT IS POSTED AT THE RAYNE POLICE DEPARTMENT’S FACEBOOK PAGE.  ANYONE WHO CAN IDENTIFY THE MAN IS ASKED TO CALL CRIMESTOPPERS OF ACADIA PARISH AT SEVEN-EIGHT-NINE-TIPS.

 

AN ANNUAL MASS FOR BODIES THAT HAVE GONE UNCLAIMED WAS HELD AT ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST CHURCH IN LAFAYETTE YESTERDAY.  TWENTY-FOUR MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN, WHOSE BODIES WENT UNCLAIMED, WERE HONORED.  BISHOP DOUGLAS DESHOTEL SAYS THESE MAY HAVE BEEN FORGOTTEN BY THE WORLD, BUT NOT BY GOD.  THOSE IN ATTENDANCE PAID THEIR RESPECTS AND LAID WHITE ROSES ON THE CASKETS.

 

 

THE NUMBERS WERE LOW AGAIN IN THE LATEST COVID-NINETEEN REPORT FROM THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.  THERE WERE EIGHT MORE DEATHS STATEWIDE.  LOUISIANA HAD TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE NEW CASES.  THE NUMBER OF HOSPITALIZATIONS DECREASED BY TWO WHILE THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS STAYED THE SAME.

 

THERE WERE NO NEW COVID-NINETEEN DEATHS IN ACADIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA.  THAT’S THE SECOND DAY IN A ROW FOR SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA.  ACADIANA HAD EIGHTEEN NEW CASES, INCLUDING TWELVE IN ST. MARTIN PARISH.  SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ALSO RECORDED EIGHTEEN NEW CASES.  JEFF DAVIS PARISH HAD THE MOST WITH NINE.