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12-14-20

A YOUNG MAN IS DEAD AFTER A SHOOTING IN IBERIA PARISH OVER THE WEEKEND.  SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.

 

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LAFAYETTE POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A MAN WHO STOLE MULTIPLE BOTTLES OF PERFUME AND COLOGNE FROM AN ULTA BEAUTY STORE ON LOUISIANA AVENUE.  POLICE SAY IT HAPPENED TWICE LAST WEEK, WHERE THE MAN CONCEALED THE BOTTLES OF COLOGNE AND PERFUME AND RAN OUT OF THE STORE.  THE SUSPECT IS DESCRIBED AS A THIN BLACK MAN WHO WAS WEARING A CARHARTT STYLE JACKET.  ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL LAFAYETTE CRIME STOPPERS AT 232-TIPS.  UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLAR REWARD IS BEING OFFERED FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO AN ARREST.

 

Louisiana’s eight electors will cast their ballots for President Donald Trump today in the state Senate chamber. The proceedings could be contentious in some states. But Louisiana’s vote is expected to be quick and straightforward. Trump lost to Democratic challenger Joe Biden nationally, but the Republican incumbent easily won Louisiana with 58% support. Since Trump won the state, eight Republicans will be Louisiana’s electors Monday.

 

Louisiana’s transportation department estimates it will finish removing the debris left on state roadways from Hurricanes Laura and Delta by the end of January. The Department of Transportation and Development said the final pass to collect debris in Allen and Jefferson Davis parishes and the lower portions of Cameron Parish should be complete by Dec. 23. The agency says the last debris removal for Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish and upper portions of Cameron Parish should be done by Jan. 31. Contractors hired by the transportation department have removed nearly 1.5 million cubic yards of debris from state-maintained routes in Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and Jefferson Davis parishes.

 

A FORTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD MAN FROM IOTA WAS KILLED WHEN HE CRASHED HIS CORVETTE ON L-A NINETY-ONE.  IT HAPPENED SHORTLY AFTER FOUR SATURDAY AFTERNOON, WHEN CHAD JOSEPH CHESTERMAN FAILED TO NEGOTIATE A CURVE ON THE HIGHWAY AND STRUCK A DITCH AND SEVERAL SMALL TREES.  STATE POLICE SAY CHESTERMAN WASN’T WEARING A  SEATBELT AND WAS EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE.  HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.

 

 

A CARENCRO FAMILY LOST EVERYTHING IN A HOUSE FIRE FRIDAY NIGHT.  NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THE FIRE, BUT THE FAMILY LOST ALL THEIR BELONGINGS AS WELL AS TWO VEHICLES.  PATRICK BROWN SAYS THIS YEAR HAS BEEN VERY DIFFICULT WITH THE LOSS OF A BROTHER AND SEVERAL FAMILY MEMBERS AND NOW THE HOUSE FIRE.  A GOFUNDME ACCOUNT HAS BEEN SET UP TO HELP THE FAMILY OF ETHEL AND PATRICK BROWN.

 

HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE DOWN IN LOUISIANA, ACCORDING TO YESTERDAY’S REPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.  THERE ARE FIFTY-SIX FEWER COVID-NINETEEN HOSPITALIZATIONS AND FIVE LESS PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS.  LOUISIANA HAD FORTY-SIX MORE DEATHS, PUTTING THE TOTAL AT SIX THOUAND, FIVE HUNDRED ELEVEN.  THERE WERE THREE THOUSAND, SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE NEW CASES, MOVING THE TOTAL PAST TWO HUNDRED FORTY-NINE THOUSAND.

 

ACADIANA RECORDED THIRTEEN MORE DEATHS FROM COVID-NINETEEN.  THAT INCLUDES SIX IN ST. LANDRY PARISH, THREE IN ACADIA PARISH, TWO IN LAFAYETTE PARISH AND ONE EACH IN EVANGELINE AND VERMILLION PARISHES.  THERE WAS ONE MORE DEATH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA.  THAT WAS IN ALLEN PARISH.  ACADIANA HAD NEARLY SEVEN HUNDRED NEW CASES, WHILE SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-SIX.