12-9-20
YESTERDAY A MAN WALKING ALONG THE EVANGELINE THRUWAY NEAR CHALMETTE DRIVE SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES WHEN HE WAS SHOT BY AN AIRGUN. LAFAYETTE POLICE SPOKESMAN SERGEANT WAYNE GRIFFIN SAYS THEY LEARNED THAT THE SHOTS WERE FIRED FROM A BLACK VEHICLE ADORNED WITH CONFEDERATE FLAGS. THE VICTIM TOLD POLICE THAT THE DRIVER AND PASSENGERS SCREAMED, “WHITE POWER” AS THEY DROVE AWAY. GRIFFIN ASKS CITIZENS TO BE AWARE OF THEIR SURROUNDINGS AND REPORT ANY SUCH OCCURANCES TO POLICE.
THE PERSON, WHO WAS SHOT AT BY CROWLEY POLICE IN A WALGREEN’S PARKING LOT, HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. HERE’S CAROLINE MARCELLO.
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A U-S NAVY BLUE ANGELS C-130 FLEW INTO THE LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL AIRPORT YESTERDAY MORNING CARRYING MORE THAN FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS OF TOYS AND BOOKS FOR AREA CHILDREN. THE BLUE ANGELS ARE PARTNERING WITH TOYS FOR TOTS. CAPTAIN WILLIAM HUCKEBA WITH THE BLUE ANGELS SAYS THE TOY GIVEAWAY IS AN ANNUAL TRADITION AND BRINGING IT TO LAKE CHARLES WAS A NECESSITY WITH THE CHALLENGES THE CITY HAS FACED OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME TOYS FOR TOTS AND THE BLUE ANGELS TEAMED UP TO HELP THE LAKE AREA.
THE OWNER OF THE ACADIANA GOLD EXCHANGE IN LAFAYETTE IS WARNING PEOPLE TO BE AWARE OF A SCAM INVOLVING FAKE JEWELRY. OWNER JASON BROOME SAYS HE’S HAD SEVERAL CUSTOMERS COME IN WITH FAKE GOLD JEWELRY THAT WAS SOLD TO THEM BY FAMILY MEMBERS WHO SAID THEY NEEDED HELP. BROOME SAYS HE’S SEEN THIS HAPPEN OVER THE YEARS BUT RECENTLY IT’S GOTTEN OUT OF CONTROL. LAFAYETTE POLICE SAY THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE SCAM AT THIS TIME.
THE IDENTITIES OF THE MOTHER AND SON, WHO WERE KILLED IN A ST. MARTINVILLE HOUSE FIRE, HAVE BEEN RELEASED. FIREFIGHTERS FOUND THE BODIES OF 89-YEAR-OLD MAZEL SAM AND 58-YEAR-OLD GREGORY SAM IN THE HOME, WHICH CAUGHT FIRE EARLY MONDAY MORNING. KLFY TV IS REPORTING THAT ONE OF THE SAM’S RELATIVES, WHO LIVED NEARBY, TRIED TO ENTER THE HOME TO SAVE THEM BUT THE FLAMES AND SMOKE WERE TOO MUCH. THE FIRE ORIGINATED IN A BEDROOM AND A SPACE HEATER MAY BE THE CULPRIT.
Gov. John Bel Edwards says Louisiana expects to quickly administer its first two weeks of coronavirus vaccine doses within 48 hours of receiving the shipments. Edwards’ comments came Tuesday at panel discussion with three other governors at President Donald Trump’s “vaccine summit” in Washington. Edwards says Louisiana is holding weekly logistics discussions to ready for distributing and administering a vaccine and expects to receive 39,000 doses in its first shipment week and 40,000 vaccines the following week. Louisiana’s governor was the lone Democrat during the livestreamed talk that also included governors from Tennessee, Texas and Florida.
COVID-NINETEEN HOSPITALIZATIONS TOOK A SIZEABLE JUMP YESTERDAY ACCORDING TO THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH REPORT. THEY WENT UP BY NINETY-THREE TO OVER FIFTEEN HUNDRED TOTAL. THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS ROSE BY FOUR. THERE ARE NEARLY EIGHTEEN HUNDRED NEW COVID-NINETEEN CASES, MOVING THE TOTAL OVER TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT THOUSAND. THERE ARE THIRTY-TWO MORE DEATHS IN THE STATE.
ACADIANA HAD TEN MORE DEATHS. THEY INCLUDED FOUR IN ST. LANDRY PARISH, THREE IN LAFAYETTE AND ONE EACH IN ACADIANA, ST. MARTIN AND VERMILLION PARISHES. THERE ARE FOUR MORE DEATHS IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA, ALL IN CALCASIEU PARISH. ACADIANA HAD MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED NEW COVID-NINETEEN CASES, MOVING THE TOTAL OVER THIRTY-SIX THOUSAND. SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ADDED ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-NINE NEW CASES, WHICH PUTS THE TOTAL FOR THE REGION ABOVE SIXTEEN THOUSAND.
