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12-1-20

THERE ARE NOT NEARLY AS MANY NEW COVID-NINETEEN CASES TODAY AS THERE HAS BEEN OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS.  AFTER NEARLY EVERY DAY SURPASSING ONE THOUSAND, TODAY THERE WAS JUST ONE HUNDRED TWELVE NEW CASES FOR LOUISIANA.  THERE ARE ELEVEN MORE DEATHS.  HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE UP BY FORTY-FIVE, MOVING THE TOTAL PAST TWELVE HUNDRED.  THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS REMAINS AT ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE.

 

BECAUSE OF ADJUSTMENTS TO THE TOTALS, ACADIANA’S CASE COUNT HAS DECREASED BY NINE.  IBERIA AND ST. LANDRY PARISHES HAD THE MOST NEW CASES WITH FOUR EACH.  SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD ELEVEN NEW CASES.  CALCASIEU PARISH HAD THE MOST WITH ELEVEN.  THERE ARE NO NEW DEATHS IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA.  ACADIANA HAD ONE MORE DEATH, WHICH WAS IN IBERIA PARISH.

 

OCHSNER LAFAYETTE GENERAL AND OUR LADY OF LOURDES SAY CORONAVIRUS CASES ARE INCREASING, BUT I-C-U BEDS ARE STILL AVAILABLE, JUST NOT IN EVERY EMERGENCY ROOM ALL THE TIME.  OUR LADY OF LOURDES REPORTS THAT THEY HAD THIRTEEN COVID-NINETEEN PATIENTS ON NOVEMBER FIFTEENTH, BUT THAT NUMBER HAS INCREASED TO FIFTY-ONE NOW.  THAT’S STILL WAY BELOW THE PEAK OF EIGHTY-TWO IN THE SUMMER.  HOSPITAL OFFICIALS ARE WORRIED THAT THE HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS WILL INCREASE POSITIVE CASES AND PUSH HOSPITALS TO THEIR LIMITS.

 

TOMORROW NIGHT THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD WILL BE DISCUSS THE HIRING OF ARCHITECTS TO DO FEASIBILITY STUDIES FOR NORTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOL AND J-W FAULK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.  THE FIRMS WILL BE ASSIGNED THE TASK OF STUDYING THE OPTIONS OF RENOVATING OR REPLACING THE TWO SCHOOLS.  THE BOARD IS BEING ASKED TO SET ASIDE ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE STUDY OF NORTHSIDE HIGH AND FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND TO STUDY FAULK ELEMENTARY.  THE BOARD MEETING TAKES PLACE TOMORROW EVENING AT FIVE-THIRTY AT THE CENTRAL OFFICE ON CHAPLIN DRIVE.

 

A DRIVE THRU DISASTER RECOVERY CENTER IS OPENING THIS THURSDAY IN IOWA FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY HURRICANES LAURA AND DELTA.  THE CENTER WILL OPERATE AT LAWRENCE TOUPS MEMORIAL PARK ON THE WEEKDAYS BETWEEN EIGHT AND FIVE AND ON SATURDAYS BETWEEN EIGHT AND THREE.  NO APPOINTMENT IS NECESSARY BUT FACE MASKS ARE REQUIRED FOR ENTRY AND SERVICE.  THE DISASTER RECOVERY CENTER IN MOSS BLUFF IS CLOSING AT FIVE P-M TODAY.

 

A record-setting Atlantic hurricane season that saw the highest number of named storms has officially come to a close. The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season produced 30 named storms surpassing the previous record of 28 in 2005. There were so many that the list of names was exhausted and the Greek alphabet was used for only the second time. The season also saw the second-highest number of hurricanes on record after 13 of the storms reached hurricane status. Five of the 12 storms that hit the United States this year made landfall in Louisiana.

 

Louisiana authorities are offering $14,500 in rewards for leads in the deaths of two Louisiana black bears shot a few miles and nearly six months apart. The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says investigators don’t know whether the same person shot a bear found Nov. 9 and one found May 17, both in St. Mary Parish. Enforcement spokesman Adam Einck says ballistics results so far indicate only that each bear was shot by a rifle, but not the caliber or other details. Rewards for tips leading to a conviction in the November killing total $8,500, with a $6,000 reward in the earlier killing.

 

NEW IBERIA POLICE HAVE ANNOUNCED THEY HAVE MADE AN ARREST IN A DEADLY SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED EARLIER THIS YEAR.  SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.

 

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