12-15-20
THE MAYOR OF NEW ORLEANS IS ASKING DICK CLARK PRODUCTIONS TO REMOVE CHRISTIAN ARTIST LAUREN DAIGLE OF LAFAYETTE FROM THE LINEUP OF THE NEW YEAR’S ROCKIN’ EVE BROADCAST IN NEW ORLEANS. MAYOR LATOYA CANTRELL IS UPSET WITH DAIGLE’S INVOLVEMENT IN A WORSHIP RALLY LAST MONTH THAT VIOLATED HEALTH PROTOCOLS. CANTRELL TELLS DICK CLARK PRODUCTIONS IN A LETTER THAT DAIGLE SHOULD NOT BE REWARDED WITH NATIONAL MEDIA EXPOSURE AND THE PUBLIC SPOTLIGHT. LOUISIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF LANDRY VOWED TO PROTECT DAIGLE’S RIGHT TO PROTEST AND WORSHIP, AND CALLED MAYOR CANTRELL’S ACTIONS AN APPARENT TARGETING BECAUSE OF DAIGLE’S EXPRESSION OF FAITH.
TWO MINERS REMAIN UNACCOUNTED FOR AFTER A ROOF COLLAPSE AT A SALT MINE ON AVERY ISLAND. THE MEDIA RELATIONS DIRECTOR FOR CARGILL, DANIEL SULLIVAN, WHICH OWNS THE MINE, SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT THE SIXTEEN OTHER WORKERS ON THE SHIFT WERE EVACUATED AND UNINJURED. HE SAYS THEY ARE WORKING WITH FIRST RESPONDERS AND THE MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION TO RESPOND TO THE EMERGENCY. KATC TV IS REPORTING THAT CLOSE TO FIFTY CITATIONS HAVE BEEN ISSUED THIS YEAR FOR VIOLATIONS OF SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS AT THE AVERY ISLAND MINE.
A federal judge in western Louisiana has approved a plan on how to settle thousands of lawsuits expected to be filed against insurance companies over damage from a pair of hurricanes that hit the region six weeks apart. The order says insurance companies and the parties who sue them will have to share information with each other as quickly as possible. They will then meet to share information and discuss a possible settlement. If the two sides can’t agree on a settlement, the case will go to mediation.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AT OCHSNER WERE AMONG THE FIRST PEOPLE IN THE U-S TO GET THE PFIZER COVID-NINETEEN VACCINE. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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COVID-NINETEEN HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE TRENDING DOWNWARD IN LOUISIANA WITH SIX FEWER TODAY AND SIXTY-THREE LESS OVER THE PAST THREE DAYS. THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS DECREASED BY FIFTEEN. THERE ARE NINE HUNDRED NINETY-ONE NEW CASES IN THE STATE, PUTTING THE TOTAL OVER TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND. THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH REPORTS TWENTY-FOUR MORE DEATHS.
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD TWO MORE DEATHS, BOTH FROM CALCASIEU PARISH. THERE WAS ONE MORE COVID-NINETEEN DEATH IN ACADIANA, WHICH WAS IN ST. MARY PARISH. ACADIANA HAD ONE HUNDRED NINETEEN NEW CASES, INCLUDING SIXTY-NINE IN LAFAYETTE PARISH. SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAS FIFTY-SIX NEW CASES, FORTY-SIX OF WHICH ARE IN CALCASIEU PARISH.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR THE MAYOR OF ESTHERWOOD ARE SCHEDULED FOR ONE THIS AFTERNOON AT THE GEESEY FERGUSON FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL IN CROWLEY. DONALD GENE POPP JUNIOR DIED LAST WEDNESDAY AFTER AN EIGHT YEAR BATTLE WITH PROSTATE CANCER. HE WAS 78 YEARS- OLD. BESIDES BEING MAYOR OF ESTHERWOOD, POPP ALSO HAD SERVED AS PASTOR OF BIBLE BELIEVER’S BAPTIST CHURCH.
ONE PERSON WAS KILLED IN AN OVERNIGHT HOUSE FIRE IN SCOTT. FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TO THE FIRE AT A HOME LOCATED IN THE TWO HUNDRED BLOCK OF ROGER ROAD. THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL’S OFFICE AND THE LAFAYETTE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARE AT THE SCENE INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE. THE IDENTITY OF THE VICTIM HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED.
