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2-22-21

THE SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CANCELLED MANY BLOOD DRIVES LEAVING SUPPLIES CRITICALLY LOW.  MARK LIORET WITH LIFE SHARE SAYS THEY NEED ALL BLOOD TYPES, BUT THEY HAVE LESS THAN A DAY’S SUPPLY FOR SOME TYPES.  HE SAYS BECAUSE OF THE DEMANDS FROM HOSPITALS, THEY ARE DISTRIBUTING BLOOD FASTER THAN DONATIONS ARE COMING IN.  A BLOOD DRIVE IS SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW AT THE AMERICAN LEGION HOSPITAL IN JENNINGS FROM TEN TO FIVE AND ON WEDNESDAY AT CROSSFIT LAFAYETTE FROM THREE TO EIGHT.  TO RESERVE A TIME, GO ONLINE TO DONOR-DOT-LIFESHARE-DOT-ORG.

 

ONE PERSON WAS KILLED IN A CAMPER FIRE IN NEW IBERIA SATURDAY MORNING.  THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL’S OFFICE SAYS A WATER PUMP OVERHEATED AND CAUGHT FIRE.  THE EIGHTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD MAN, WHO OWNED THE CAMPER, HAD TAKEN IT FROM SUNSET TO A RELATIVE’S PROPERTY IN NEW IBERIA BECAUSE OF THE WINTRY WEATHER.  OFFICIALS BELIEVED THE MAN WAS OVERCOME BY SMOKE WHILE SLEEPING.

 

Progress is being made to restore electricity across parts of Louisiana that experienced freezing cold temperatures last week, but challenges remain in getting water services restored. Crews have been out in force in recent days to restore power after temperatures plummeted earlier in the week. Communities are still working to restore water services after the freezing temperatures iced equipment and caused water lines to burst. Water distribution sites were set up in Lake Charles and the Shreveport area for Sunday.

 

LAKE CHARLES CITY HALL AND ITS ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES ARE RESUMING NORMAL OPERATIONS TODAY.  THAT INCLUDES THE RESUMPTION OF TRANSIT SERVICE AND NORMAL GARBAGE COLLECTION ROUTES.  A BOIL ADVISORY REMAINS IN PLACE BECAUSE OF LOW WATER PRESSURE.  THE CALCASIEU PARISH POLICE JURY OFFICES AND SERVICES REOPEN TODAY AS WELL, AND WATER PRESSURE HAS RETURNED TO NEAR-NORMAL LEVELS AT ALL PARISH FACILITIES.

 

THE LAFAYETTE POLICE CHIEF SAYS HIS DEPARTMENT WILL NOT BE ENFORCING THE STATEWIDE MASK MANDATE.  THOMAS GLOVER SENIOR MADE HIS REMARKS WHILE APPEARING ON KENNETH BOUDREAUX’S RADIO PROGRAM SUNDAY.  HE SAYS IF THE CITY COUNCIL PASSES A MASK MANDATE, THEY  WOULD ENFORCE IT, WHICH IS THE CASE WITH THE MAJORITY OF DEPARTMENTS IN THE STATE.  GLOVER SAYS HE DOES REQUIRE HIS OFFICERS TO WEAR MASKS WHILE ON DUTY AND WHEN ON POLICE PROPERTIES.

FAITH MINISTRY BAPTIST CHURCH AND SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK ARE PLANNING A FOOD DISTRIBUTION DRIVE FOR ALL OF ACADIA PARISH TODAY.  CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS THE DETAILS.

 

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COVID-NINETEEN HOSPITALIZATIONS CONTINUE TO DECREASE WITH TWENTY-SIX FEWER IN TODAY’S REPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.  THERE ARE SEVEN LESS PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS.  LOUISIANA RECORDED FOUR HUNDRED FORTY-THREE NEW CASES THAT WERE CONFIRMED.  THAT PUTS THE TOTAL OVER THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX THOUSAND.  THERE WERE JUST TEN MORE DEATHS STATEWIDE.

 

FOUR OF THE TEN DEATHS WERE IN THE ACADIANA REGION.  LAFAYETTE PARISH HAD TWO AND THE OTHER TWO WERE IN ACADIA AND ST. MARY PARISHES.  THERE WERE NO NEW DEATHS IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA.  SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD ONLY EIGHT NEW CONFIRMED CASES TO REPORT.  CALCASIEU AND ALLEN PARISHES HAD FOUR EACH.  THERE WERE ONE HUNDRED EIGHTEEN NEW CASES IN ACADIANA, INCLUDING THIRTY IN LAFAYETTE PARISH.