12-10-20
THERE WERE THIRTY-FOUR MORE DEATHS FROM COVID-NINETEEN IN LOUISIANA, ACCORDING TO YESTERDAY’S REPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. THE STATE HAD MORE THAN TWENTY-SIX HUNDRED NEW CASES, MOVING THE TOTAL ABOVE TWO HUNDRED FORTY-ONE THOUSAND. HOSPITALIZATIONS CONTINUE TO RISE, WITH TWENTY-ONE MORE YESTERDAY. MEANWHILE THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS WENT UP BY TWELVE.
ACADIANA SAW FOUR HUNDRED TWO NEW COVID-NINETEEN CASES, INCLUDING ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN IN LAFAYETTE PARISH. SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ADDED ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE POSITIVE CASES. CALCASIEU PARISH HAD THE MOST WITH SEVENTY-FIVE. THERE WERE NO NEW DEATHS IN CALCASIEU PARISH FROM COVID-NINETEEN. ACADIANA HAD THREE, WHICH WERE IN ACADIA, EVANGELINE AND LAFAYETTE PARISHES.
THE INTERIM CHANCELLOR AT SOUTH LOUISIANA COMMUNITY COLLEGE HAS BEEN CHOSEN TO BE THE PERMANENT CHANCELLOR. THE LOUISIANA COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM’S BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CHOSE VINCENT JUNE OVER THREE OTHER FINALISTS. JUNE REPLACES NATALIE HARDER, WHO LEFT S-L-C-C TO BECOME PRESIDENT AT COKER COLLEGE IN SOUTH CAROLINA. SYSTEM PRESIDENT AND C-E-O MONTY SULLIVAN WILL NEGOTIATE A SALARY FOR JUNE, WHO IS EXPECTED TO TAKE OVER ON A PERMANENT BASIS IN THE SPRING SEMESTER.
THERE’S BEEN A COVID-NINETEEN OUTBREAK AT THE ST. LANDRY PARISH JAIL. CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS THE DETAILS.
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Louisiana will wait until mid-January to update its income projections to account for the latest effects of the coronavirus outbreak. Whatever numbers are set by the Revenue Estimating Conference will form the basis for the budget proposal that Gov. John Bel Edwards must submit to lawmakers by Feb. 26. Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne says he’s hopeful Louisiana will avoid a midyear deficit in the current budget that ends June 30. But he’s warning the numbers could be grim for the year that begins July 1.
In an election with a small turnout, Beauregard Parish voters have refused to continue a tax that goes toward funding a parish health unit. The proposal would have authorized the collection of 2.42 mills which is estimated to bring in $670,000 each year. That’s a slight increase over the tax that was approved by voters back in 2009. Parish Administrator Bryan McReynolds told the American Press that there is money to keep the health unit up and running for a while.
THE LAFAYETTE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY IS EXPECTING RETAIL SALES THIS YEAR TO BE NOT MUCH LESS THAN LAST YEAR. YEAR TO DATE SALES IN LAFAYETTE PARISH ARE JUST POINT-ONE-TWO PERCENT BELOW LAST YEAR AND FIVE PERCENT HIGHER THAN IN TWENTY-EIGHTEEN. CARENCRO AND THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS ARE DOING THE BEST IN THE PARISH WITH SALES THAT ARE OVER TEN PERCENT HIGHER THAN IN TWENTY-NINETEEN. LEDA PRESIDENT AND C-E-O GREGG GOTHREAUX SAYS HE BELIEVES HURRICANE RELIEF IS CONTRIBUTING TO THE GOOD NUMBERS WITH MANY PEOPLE WORKING IN LAKE CHARLES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS FILLING UP WITH PEOPLE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS.
A WALMART DELIVERY DRIVER STOLE PACKAGES SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO DELIVER TO A BUSINESS IN CROWLEY. ON NOVEMBER TWENTY-NINTH, THE DELIVERY DRIVER TOOK THE PACKAGES TO A LOCAL BUSINESS, TOOK A PICTURE THAT WAS SENT TO THE PHONE OF ANTHONY BORILL TO SHOW THEY WERE DELIVERED, AND THEN SHE TOOK THE PACKAGES. BORILL TELLS KLFY TV THAT SHE DIDN’T KNOW THERE WERE VIDEO CAMERAS WATCHING WHAT SHE WAS DOING. CROWLY POLICE CHIEF JIMMY BROUSSARD URGED THE PUBLIC TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO KEEP DELIVERIES SAFE BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE DRIVING AROUND WAITING FOR PACKAGES TO BE DELIVERED THAT THEY CAN STEAL.
