2-15-21
ROAD CONDITIONS COULD BE HAZARDOUS DURING THIS FREEZING WEATHER EVENT. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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A CURFEW IS IN PLACE IN LAFAYETTE PARISH AS MAYOR PRESIDENT JOSH GUILLORY HAS ISSUED A STAY AT HOME ORDER. GUILLORY WILL LIFT THE ORDER WHEN CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER CONSIDERED DANGEROUS. THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS FOR FIRST RESPONDERS AND EMERGENCY PERSONNEL, CREDENTIALED NEWS MEDIA, AND THOSE TRAVELING TO SEEK EXEMPT CARE. THAT INCLUDES TRAVELING TO GET MEDICAL CARE OR SUPPLIES, OR PARTICIPATION OR ATTENDANCE TO A PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED FUNERAL SERVICE.
THERE’S A STAY AT HOME ORDER IN PLACE IN ALLEN PARISH. THE ORDER WAS ISSUED TO PROTECT EMERGENCY SERVICES AS THEY TRAVEL ON THE ROADWAY. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE WILL NOTIFY RESIDENTS WHEN IT IS LIFTED.
WASTE MANAGEMENT HAS ANNOUNCED THEY ARE SUSPENDING TRASH COLLECTION SERVICES FOR ACADIANA CUSTOMERS BEGINNING TODAY. THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE WINTRY WEATHER. SENIOR DISTRICT MANAGER JACK QUINN SAYS THEY HAVE INFORMED LOCAL OFFICIALS THAT THERE WILL BE SCHEDULE CHANGES DUE TO THE ICY ROAD CONDITIONS. HE SAYS THEY WILL RESUME TRASH COLLECTION WHEN THE ROADS ARE DEEMED SAFE TO TRAVEL.
A STATE OF EMERGENCY HAS BEEN DECLARED FOR ACADIA PARISH DUE TO THE ICY CONDITIONS. PARISH POLICE JURY PRESIDENT CHANCE HENRY ISSUED THE DECLARATION. AS A RESULT, THE POLICE JURY WILL UTILIZE ALL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLANS AND RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THE PARISH TO MINIMIZE DAMAGING EFFECTS. A FOOD DISTRIBUTION DRIVE SCHEDULED FOR TODAY IN RAYNE HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A LATER FOOD DISTRIBUTION SCHEDULED FOR NEXT MONDAY AT THE FROG FESTIVAL GROUNDS IN RAYNE IS STILL SCHEDULED.
COVID-NINETEEN HOSPITALIZATIONS DROPPED BY ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX IN YESTERDAY’S REPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, WHICH COVERS A TWO DAY PERIOD. THAT MEANS HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE BELOW ONE THOUSAND TO EIGHT HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE. THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS HAS DECREASED BY NINE. THE NUMBER OF NEW CONFIRMED CASES ROSE BY ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE, MOVING THE TOTAL TO NEAR THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE THOUSAND. THERE WERE SEVENTEEN MORE DEATHS STATEWIDE.
SEVEN OF THE DEATHS WERE IN ACADIANA. LAFAYETTE PARISH HAD THREE, VERMILLION PARISH TWO AND THE OTHER TWO WERE IN ACADIA AND IBERIA PARISHES. THERE WAS ONE MORE DEATH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA WHICH WAS IN CALCASIEU PARISH. ACADIANA HAD SEVENTY-TWO NEW CASES. LAFAYETTE AND ST. MARY PARISHES HAD THE MOST WITH SIXTEEN EACH. FIFYT-FIVE NEW CASES WERE REPORTED IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA, INCLUDING FORTY-NINE IN CALCASIEU PARISH.
Louisiana’s Republican Party has censured GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy for voting to convict former President Donald Trump at his impeachment trial. Cassidy joined six other Republicans and all 50 Democrats in voting to convict Trump on Saturday for his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Trump was acquitted, since 67 Senate votes were needed to secure a conviction. Shortly after the Senate’s vote, the Republican Party of Louisiana said in a statement that its executive committee unanimously voted to censure Cassidy.
