12-22-20
A FOUR-YEAR-OLD GIRL WAS KILLED IN A MOBILE HOME FIRE IN NEW IBERIA. THE FIRE HAPPENED AT AROUND FIVE-THIRTY YESTERDAY MORNING IN THE THREE HUNDRED BLOCK OF DEARE STREET. THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL’S OFFICE SAYS FAMILY MEMBERS AND NEIGHBORS TRIED TO RESCUE THE CHILD, BUT, IN THE END, IT WAS IBERIA PARISH FIREFIGHTERS WHO FOUND HER BODY INSIDE THE HOME. THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE.
FOR ACADIANA FAMILIES IN NEED OF HOT MEALS THIS CHRISTMAS, SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK IS HANDING OUT FREE OVEN-READY HOLIDAY DINNERS ON WEDNESDAY. CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS MORE.
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A LAKE CHARLES MAN WAS SENTENCED TO ONE HUNDRED YEARS IN PRISON ON CHARGES OF AGGRAVATED CRIMES AGAINST NATURE AND SEXUAL BATTERY. SIXTY-YEAR-OLD ROBERT LOGNION WAS ARRESTED IN FEBRUARY OF TWENTY-SEVENTEEN AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF INAPPROPRIATELY TOUCHING TWO GIRLS, AGES NINE AND TEN, WHILE VISITING THEIR HOME. AN INVESTIGATION OF THE COMPLAINT LED TO AN ARREST WARRANT BEING ISSUED BY JUDGE DAVID RITCHIE WITH A NINE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND. LOGNION HAD A PREVIOUS CONVICTION FOR SEXUAL BATTERY AND INDECENT BEHAVIOR WITH A JUVENILE.
The Louisiana Supreme Court has sent a legal feud between Gov. John Bel Edwards and House Republicans over coronavirus restrictions back to district court. The high court said Monday the judge ruled too quickly that the state law the GOP used to try to nullify the restrictions was unconstitutional. The justices wrote that Baton Rouge Judge William Morvant should have held a full hearing on other issues raised in the lawsuit over the Democratic governor’s mask mandate and business restrictions. The Supreme Court’s decision requires Morvant to hold another hearing in the case.
THERE WERE ALMOST THREE THOUSAND NEW CONFIRMED COVID-NINETEEN CASES IN LOUISIANA IN TODAY’S REPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. THE TOTAL IS NOW AT NEARLY TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN THOUSAND. THERE WERE THIRTY-EIGHT MORE DEATHS STATEWIDE. HOSPITALIZATIONS INCREASED BY FIFTY-SEVEN TO OVER SIXTEEN-HUNDRED. THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS INCREASED BY SEVEN.
ACADIANA ADDED SIX MORE COVID-NINETEEN DEATHS. LAFAYETTE PARISH HAD TWO WHILE ACADIA, IBERIA, ST. MARTIN, ST. MARY AND VERMILLION PARISHES HAD ONE EACH. THERE WERE TWO MORE DEATHS IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA, INCLUDING ONE EACH IN BEAUREGARD AND CALCASIEU PARISHES. ACADIANA HAD FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY-EIGHT NEW CASE, MOVING THE TOTAL OVER FORTY-THOUSAND. SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA WAS UP ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO, INCLUDING ONE HUNDRED ONE IN CALCASIEU PARISH.
THE INTERIM MAYOR OF ESTHERWOOD IS DONNA BERTRAND. SHE REPLACES DONALD POPP SENIOR WHO DIED EARLIER THIS MONTH. LAST WEEK, THE BOARD OF ALDERMAN APPOINTED BERTRAND TO TAKE OVER THE MAYOR’S JOB AFTER SERVING AS MAYOR PRO TEM. AN ELECTION WILL BE HELD NEXT FALL TO SELECT A NEW MAYOR TO SERVE THE REMAINDER OF POPP’S TERM.
TOMORROW IS THE FINAL DAY FOR THE NOEL ACADIEN AU VILLAGE HOLIDAY TRADITION IN LAFAYETTE. BECAUSE OF COVID-NINETEEN, A NUMBER OF ADJUSTMENTS HAD TO BE MADE TO HOLD THE ANNUAL FUNDRAISER WHICH BENEFITS LARC. COORDINATOR KARON DAVIS TELLS KLFY TV THAT EVERYONE IS TAKING A HIT THIS YEAR AND NONPROFITS ARE NO EXCEPTION. THE MAXIMUM ATTENDANCE AT ANY ONE TIME IS TWELVE HUNDRED AND TICKETS ARE BEING SOLD ONLINE ONLY.
