11-9-20
THE ST. LANDRY PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HELPED U-S MARSHALS IN CAPTURING A MAN WANTED FOR ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE MURDER IN MOREHOUSE PARISH. SHERIFF BOBBY GUIDROZ SAYS ERIC D. WILSON HAD A VIOLENT PAST INCLUDING SHOOTING AT POLICE OFFICERS. WILSON BARRICADED HIMSELF IN A RESIDENCE IN OPELOUSAS FOR FORTY MINUTES AND TEAR GAS WAS USED TO GET HIM OUT OF THE HOUSE, WHERE HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. DEPUTIES SEIZED SEVERAL HIGH POWERED RIFLES THAT BELONGED TO WILSON.
The federal government has approved Louisiana’s request for FEMA individual assistance for five more parishes that were affected by Hurricane Delta. The governor’s office made the announcement Sunday. The parishes are Beauregard, Lafayette, Rapides, St. Landry and St. Martin. Five parishes were approved earlier. The announcement means that homeowners and renters can apply for federal disaster assistance for uninsured or underinsured losses that are linked to Delta.
SOME HOMEOWNERS, WHO RECEIVED BLUE TARP ON THEIR ROOFS THROUGH THE FEDERAL BLUE ROOF PROGRAM, SAY THEY HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED BY THE CONTRACTOR THAT THEY OWE MONEY. THE CONTRACTOR HAS ALSO WARNED THEM THAT A LIEN WILL BE PLACED AGAINST THEIR HOME IF THEY ARE NOT PAID. THE BLUE ROOF PROGRAM IS FREE AND A CONTRACTOR CANNOT DEMAND PAYMENT OR FILE A LIEN AGAINST THE PROPERTY. THOSE WHO RECEIVE A NOTICE OF PAYMENT ARE ADVISED NOT TO PAY AND THEY CAN FORWARD THE LETTER TO R-O-E CALL CENTER AT U-S-A-C-A-DOT-ARMY-DOT-M-I-L.
Louisiana legislators have rewritten state laws to lessen visitation restrictions during public health emergencies. The new laws came in response to complaints that family and clergy were barred from hospitals and nursing homes in the coronavirus pandemic. The bills were passed unanimously in the special session that ended last month and have been signed into law by Gov. John Bel Edwards. They still will give discretion to the Louisiana Department of Health to decide just how wide open the visitation can be and what safety protections will have to be followed.
A nationwide search is planned to select the next chancellor of South Louisiana Community College. The college operates campuses in Abbeville, Crowley, Franklin, Lafayette, Morgan City, New Iberia, Opelousas, St. Martinville, and Ville Platte. The Louisiana Community and Technical College System said in a Friday news release that attorney Timothy Hardy will be the chair of a national search committee. The full committee will include system board members, as well as South Louisiana Community College faculty and staff, and a student representative.
THE LARGEST ROUNDABOUT IN LAFAYETTE OPENED TO TRAFFIC OVER THE WEEKEND. CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS MORE.
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AFTER A BRIEF REPRIEVE, HOSPITALIZATION NUMBERS ARE BACK UP. THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS HOSPITALIZATIONS GREW BY THIRTY TODAY. THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS ARE DOWN SLIGHTLY WITH ONE FEWER. THERE ARE THREE HUNDRED NINETY-ONE NEW CASES OF COVID-NINETEEN IN LOUISIANA, MOVING THE TOTAL NUMBER ABOVE ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-EIGHT THOUSAND. THERE ARE TWELVE MORE DEATHS.
ACADIANA HAD ONE MORE DEATH, WHICH WAS IN ACADIA PARISH. SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD NO MORE DEATHS. THERE ARE FIFTY-ONE NEW CASES OF COVID-NINETEEN IN ACADIANA, INCLUDING TWENTY-THREE IN LAFAYETTE PARISH. SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ADDED TWENTY-TWO MORE CASES. THAT INCLUDES THIRTEEN IN CALCASIEU PARISH.
