12-16-20
THE BODY OF A SECOND MINER, WHO WENT MISSING AFTER A ROOF COLLAPSE ON MONDAY, HAS BEEN FOUND. THE TWO MINERS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS TWENTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD LANCE BEGNAUD OF BROUSSARD AND FORTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD RENE ROMERO OF NEW IBERIA. FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS ARE ON THE SCENE TO DETERMINE WHY THE ROOF COLLAPSED. CARGILL, WHICH OWNS THE MINE, SAYS THERE IS NO INDICATION THE ROOF COLLAPSE IS RELATED TO SAFETY VIOLATIONS DISCOVERED BY FEDERAL INSPECTORS EARLIER THIS MONTH.
TODAY IS THE FINAL DAY TO REGISTER FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE IF YOU WERE AFFECTED BY HURRICANE DELTA. FEMA SAYS THE ASSISTANCE INCLUDES HELP FOR TEMPORARY HOUSING, RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND THE REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT OF DAMAGED PROPERTY. YOU MUST ALSO COME FROM A PARISH THAT HAS BEEN DESIGNATED FOR ASSISTANCE. FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO REGISTER FOR ASSISTANCE, CALL THE FEMA HELPLINE AT ONE EIGHT HUNDRED-SIX-TWO-ONE-THREE-THREE-SIX-TWO, OR GO TO DISASTER ASSISTANCE-DOT-GOV-BACKSLASH.
JONI REED, AN I-C-U NURSE AT OCHSNER LAFAYETTE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER, WAS THE FIRST PERSON IN LAFAYETTE TO RECEIVE THE PFIZER COVID-NINETEEN VACCINE. TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED DOSES ARRIVED JUST AFTER EIGHT YESTERDAY MORNING. THREE HUNDRED MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AT THE HOSPITAL GOT THE FIRST DOSES. REED TOLD KLFY TV THAT SHE HAD NO QUALMS ABOUT THE VACCINE AND WAS READY TO GET IT.
Louisiana’s education superintendent is asking Gov. John Bel Edwards and state health leaders to prioritize childcare workers and school teachers, staff and bus drivers when divvying up future vaccine shipments. Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley told Louisiana’s education board Tuesday that’s an estimated 166,000 employees at daycare centers, pre-K programs and K-12 schools. Louisiana started coronavirus immunizations Monday for hospital workers. Next up are people who live and work at nursing homes and long-term care facilities.
THERE WERE THIRTY MORE COVID-NINETEEN DEATHS IN LOUISIANA, ACCORDING TO TODAY’S REPORT FROM THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. THE TOTAL IS NOW ABOVE SIX THOUSAND, SIX HUNDRED. THE STATE HAS ADDED MORE THAN TWO THOUSAND POSITIVE CASES. HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE DOWN BY THIRTEEN. MEANWHILE, THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS INCREASED BY FIFTEEN.
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ACADIANA HAD SIX MORE COVID-NINETEEN DEATHS. ST. LANDRY PARISH HAD TWO, WHILE THERE WAS ONE EACH IN ACADIA, LAFAYETTE, ST. MARY AND VERMILLION PARISHES. THERE WERE THREE DEATHS IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA, INCLUDING IN CALCASIEU, CAMERON AND JEFF DAVIS. ACADIANA HAD THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE NEW CASES, WHILE SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ADDED ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO.
THE CROWLEY POLICE DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING THE THEFT OF A PACKAGE FROM UNDER A CARPORT AT A HOUSE LOCATED IN THE THREE HUNDRED BLOCK OF WEST FOURTEENTH STREET ON SATURDAYAFTERNOON, NOVEMBER TWENTY-EIGHTH. THE SUSPECT, A WHITE MALE, WAS SEEN ON VIDEO SURVEILLANCE TAKING THE PACKAGE. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION LEADING TO AN ARREST CAN GET A REWARD OF UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS BY CONTACTING CRIME STOPPERS OF ACADIA PARISH AT SEVEN-EIGHT-NINE-TIPS. ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF K-P GIBSON SAYS THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT IS EXPERIENCING A HIGH VOLUME OF PACKAGE THEFTS.
ALL LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOLS WILL BE GOING TO VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY, THE LAST TWO DAYS BEFORE THE CHRISTMAS BREAK. SCHOOL SYSTEM OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE DOING THIS TO TEST ITS SYSTEM PLANNING IN CASE THEY EVER HAVE TO SWITCH TO FULL TIME VIRTUAL LEARNING. STUDENTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO LOG IN TO THEIR COMPUTERS AS ATTENDANCE IN THE VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS ARE MANDATORY. SOME PARENTS HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERNS THAT THE MOVE WAS MADE AT THE LAST MOMENT, WHICH LEAVES THEM SCRAMBLING TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CARE OF THE CHILDREN.
