12-30-21
YESTERDAY THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH REPORTED NINE THOUSAND NEW CASES OF COVID-NINETEEN ACROSS LOUISIANA. CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS MORE.
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Louisiana’s COVID-19 death toll is edging toward 15,000. Five human deaths reported Wednesday brought the state total to 14,983. And hospitalizations have risen nearly 47% since Sunday, when the state said they had doubled in a week.
HOSPITALS IN LAFAYETTE ARE SEEING AN INCREASE IN COVID-NINETEEN ADMISSIONS. HOWEVER, UNLESS YOU ARE EXPERIENCING SERIOUS SYMPTOMS, YOU ARE ADVISED NOT TO GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOMS, WHICH ARE FULL. OCHSNER LAFAYETTE GENERAL C-E-O AL PATIN SAYS THE HOSPITAL IS NOT A TESTING SITE. YOU CAN BE TESTED THERE, BUT IT’S A LONG WAIT. PATIN SAYS, AS OF YESTERDAY, THEY HAD TWENTY-TWO CASES OF COVID, WITH FIVE IN THE I-C-U AND TWO ON VENTILATORS.
THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM WILL ENFORCE A MASK REQUIREMENT AS STUDENTS AND STAFF RETURN TO THE CLASSROOM NEXT WEEK. CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS THE DETAILS.
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INSTEAD OF THROWING AWAY OLD CHRISTMAS LIGHTS, THE LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT IS OFFERING THE OPTION OF RECYCLING THEM. THE LIGHTS CAN BE DROPPED OFF AT A RECYCLING BIN AT THE ROBICHEAUX RECREATION CENTER PARKING LOT ON ERASTE LANDRY THROUGH JANUARY. THE WIRE AND PLASTIC WILL BE USED BY E-M-R SOUTHERN RECYCLING TO CREATE NEW PRODUCTS, WHILE KEEPING THE MATERIAL OUT OF THE LANDFILL. CHRISTMAS LIGHTS DO NOT GO IN CURBSIDE RECYCLING BINS.
A LARGE PORTION OF ABBEVILLE WAS WITHOUT POWER YESTERDAY BECAUSE THE FELICITY SUBSTATION WAS SHOT. THE CITY SAYS THE SHOT THAT CAUSED THE OUTAGE HAPPENED AT AROUND THREE-FIFTY YESTERDAY MORNING AND WAS AN ACT OF VANDALISM. THE FELICITY SUBSTATION POWERS A LARGE SECTION OF THE SOUTH SIDE OF ABBEVILLE. ABBEVILLE POLICE ARE ASKING ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THIS CRIME TO CONTACT THEM OR CALL CRIMESTOPPERS OF VERMILLION AT SEVEN-EIGHT-OH-TIPS.
A PRAYER QUILT MINISTRY IN KINDER THAT BEGAN WITH ONE LADY FOURTEEN YEARS AGO HAS GROWN TO SEVEN WOMEN, WHO MAKE QUILTS FOR THE TERMINALLY ILL OR CRITICALLY SICK. THE FOUNDER OF THE MINISTRY, PATTY SAVANT, SAYS SHE STARTED MAKING THE QUILTS TO COMFORT PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIFE THREATENING ILLNESSES. SHE SAYS THE QUILTS ARE PRAYED OVER WHILE THEY ARE BEING MADE AND THE MEN’S PRAYER GROUP ALSO PRAYS OVER THE QUILTS AND ANOINTS THEM. SO FAR, THE MINISTRY HAS MADE AROUND THREE HUNDRED QUILTS.
APPLE AIR TAGS, A POPULAR STOCKING STUFFER THAT HELPS PEOPLE TRACK PERSONAL ITEMS, ARE BEING USED BY CRIMINALS, ACCORDING TO CROWLEY POLICE CHIEF JIMMY BROUSSARD. HE TELLS KLFY TV TEN THAT THE DEVICES CAN FACILITATE A VARIETY OF CRIMES INCLUDING SEX TRAFFICKING AND TO TRACK VEHICLES IN ORDER TO STEAL THEM. HE SAYS PEOPLE SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS IN TODAY’S SOCIETY. BROUSSARD SAYS HIS DEPARTMENT HAS HAD TWO CASES OF PEOPLE CONCERNED ABOUT AN UNUSUAL NOTIFICATION THEY RECEIVED ON THEIR I-PHONE.
