12-30-20
THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE SUNDAY MORNING DOUBLE HOMICIDE IN CROWLEY IS REVEALING NEW DETAILS. EARLIER CROWLEY POLICE HAD INITIALLLY SAID THE INCIDENT WAS A DRIVE BY SHOOTING. IT IS NOW BELIEVED THE SHOOTERS WERE ON FOOT AND ESCAPED IN A VECHILE. OFFICERS WERE ALREADY ON THE SCENE IN RESPONSE TO A NOISE COMPLAINT FROM THE BLOCK PARTY TAKING PLACE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING, WHEN THE DEADLY SHOTS RANG OUT. THE INVESTIGATION HAS ALSO REVEALED THAT SHOTS HAD ALREADY BEEN FIRED EARLIER PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF POLICE. OFFICERS SAY A LARGE NUMBER OF SHELL CASINGS WERE FOUND AT THE SCENE. JOSPEH CASTILLE AND NIKKITA SAVOY DIED OF GUNSHOT WOUNDS THEY RECEIVED.
OPELOUSAS POLICE HAVE MADE AN ARREST IN A MURDER CASE, TV 10’S SYLVIA MASTER HAS DETAILS:
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LOUISIANA HAS LOST A NEWLY ELECTED CONGRESSMAN TO THE CORONA VIRUIS. 41 YR OLD LUKE LETLOW DIED FROM COMPLICATIONS OF THE VIRUS. HE WAS ELECTED TO SERVE IN CONGRESS IN A RUN OFF ELECTION EARLIER THIS MONTH. HE PREVIOUSLY SERVED IN THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE. NO WORD YET SOMEONE WOULD BE CHOSEN TO SERVE IN THAT CONGRESSIONAL SEAT.
LOUISIANA HAS FORTY-FOUR NEW CONFIRMED COVID 19 DEATHS, THE TOTAL IS NOW SEVEN THOUSAND SEVENTY-EIGHT, ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. THERE IS A HUGE JUMP IN NEW CASES BY FOUR THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED SIXETY-ONE NEW CASES IN THE STATE. THE TOTAL IS NOW TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY-TWO THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHT. HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE UP BY TWENTY-EIGHT, TOTALING ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN. THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS DROPPED BY EIGHT TO A TOTAL OF TWO HUNDRED AND TEN.
THERE IS ONE MORE CONFIRMED COVID 19 DEATH IN ACADIANA. THE LATEST REPORT PUTS THE TOTAL AT NINE HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE. ACADIA PARISH HAS ONE NEW DEATH AND LAFAYETTE PARISH HAS AN ADJUSTED NUMBER OF DEATHS DOWN BY ONE. THERE IS A HUGE INCREASE IN TOTAL NEW CASES FOR THE REGION BY SEVEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FOUR, WITH LAFAYETTE PARISH INCREASING BY TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR NEW CASES. IN THE SOUTHWEST LA REGION THERE IS TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX NEW CASES, INCLUDING ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN NEW CASES IN CALCASIEU PARISH. THERE ARE THREE NEW DEATH, TWO IN CALCASIEU PARISH AND ONE IN JEFF DAVIS PARISH.
STATE ALCOHOL AND TABACCO CONTROL SAY THEY WILL BE WATCHING BARS AND RESTURANTS FOR VIOLATIONS OF COVID 19 SAFETY GUIDELINES DURING NEW YEARS EVE. A MAJOR CONCERN HEADING INTO NEW YEARS EVE IS A POSSIBLE SURGE IN COVID 19 CASES. OFFICIALS SAY CROWDED BARS AND RESTURANTS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED AND THAT GOES FOR NEW YEARS EVE CELEBRATONS.
ITS NOW 3 IN A ROW….OUR THIRD ACADIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM CLAIMED A STATE CHAMPONSHIP YESTERDAY. THE CARENCRO BEARS ARE NOW STATE CAMPS WITH A WIN OVER EDNA KARR. CONGRATULATONS TO THE CARENCRO BEARS STATE CHAMPS.
