2-11-21
A ST. MARTINVILLE PRESCHOOLER WAS NEARLY KILLED BY A STRAY BULLET ON WEDNESDAY. GERALD GRUENIG REPORTS.
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FORMER LAFAYETTE CITY PARISH COUNCILMAN KENNETH BOUDREAUX ANNOUNCED HE IS CANCER FREE. HE HAS BEEN BATTLING PROSTATE CANCER, BUT THIS MONTH HIS DOCTOR TOLD HIM THE CANCER WAS IN REMISSION. BOUDREAUX SAYS HIS ATTITUDE NOW IS GOD FOUND FIT TO PRESERVE HIM AND HE NEEDS TO APPRECIATE IT. HE SAYS THE SUPPORT HE RECEIVED IN EMAILS, TEXT MESSAGES AND MORE HAS BEEN AMAZING.
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards disagrees with President Joe Biden’s actions targeting fossil fuel industries. Edwards administration officials told lawmakers Wednesday that the Democratic governor wants the White House to reconsider its decision to pause new oil and gas drilling leases in the Gulf of Mexico. Natural Resources Secretary Thomas Harris says Edwards spoke to Biden’s energy secretary pick about his concerns. State lawmakers want Edwards to make a direct appeal to Biden.
TWO MEN FROM WELSH WERE ARRESTED IN A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING. A MAN WAS SHOT OUTSIDE A RESIDENCE OFF THE GULF HIGHWAY IN LAKE CHARLES AT AROUND ONE A-M, AND AFTER AN EMERGENCY SURGERY, HE IS IN STABLE CONDITION. CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ARRESTED THE TWO SUSPECTS, NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD DYMND K. BROWN AND TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD JERMAIN S. HARMON, ON SEVERAL CHARGES INCLUDING AGGRAVATED SECOND DEGREE BATTERY. THE DEPUTIES FOUND A HANDGUN AND MARIJUANA IN THEIR POSSESSION.
A MAN WAS SHOT LAST NIGHT OUTSIDE OF THE K AND L GROCERY STORE ON WEST HUTCHINSON AVENUE IN CROWLEY. POLICE CHIEF JIMMY BROUSSARD SAYS MULTIPLE SHOTS WERE FIRED LEAVING THE VICTIM WITH NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. HE SAYS THAT WHEN POLICE ARRIVED, THE SHOOTER OR SHOOTERS HAD FLED THE AREA IN AN UNKNOWN DIRECTION. ANYBODY WHO WITNESSED THE SHOOTING IS ASKED TO CALL CROWLEY POLICE OR NINE-ONE-ONE.
FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND POSSIBLY AN ICE STORM ARE IN THE FORECAST. THE ACADIANA REGIONAL COALITION FOR HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING, OR ARCH, IS TRYING TO RAISING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO PUT THE HOMELESS IN LOCAL HOTELS. THE PANDEMIC HAS RULED OUT GROUP SHELTERS. FOR GIVING OPTIONS, YOU CAN EMAIL ARCH AT ARCH ACADIANA DOT ORG.
LOUISIANA HAD MORE THAN EIGHTEEN HUNDRED NEW CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-NINETEEN IN TODAY’S REPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. THERE WERE TWENTY-THREE MORE DEATHS STATEWIDE. HOSPITALIZATIONS DECREASED BY TWENTY-FOUR. MEANWHILE THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS STAYED STEADY AT ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE.
ACADIANA REPORTED THREE MORE COVID-NINETEEN DEATHS IN TODAY’S REPORT. THEY WERE IN EVANGELINE, LAFAYETTE AND ST. LANDRY PARISHES. SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ADDED ONE MORE, WHICH WAS IN BEAUREGARD PARISH. THERE WERE TWO HUNDRED TWENTY NEW CONFIRMED CASES IN ACADIANA. LAFAYETTE PARISH HAD FORTY-TWO, MOVING THE TOTAL OVER NINETEEN THOUSAND FOR THE FIRST TIME. SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD NINETY SIX MORE CASES. CALCASIEU PARISH’S SIXTY-FOUR MOVED THEIR TOTAL PAST FOURTEEN THOUSAND.
