2-23-21
THERE WAS A LONG LINE OF VEHICLES AT THE PAVILION ON THE FROG FESTIVAL GROUNDS IN RAYNE YESTERDAY. FAITH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH AND SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK HOSTED A FOOD DRIVE. ONE THOUSAND, SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY FAMILIES RECEIVED A BOX OF FOOD. PASTOR JOHN JORDAN JUNIOR TOLD KLFY TV THAT THE RESPONSE WAS GREATER THAN HE EXPECTED ESPECIALLY FOR A WEEKDAY EVENT, REVEALING THAT THERE IS DEFINITELY A NEED IN THE AREA.
A CALL TO NINE-ONE-ONE FOR A MEDICAL EMERGENCY TYPICALLY MEANS A TRIP TO THE HOSPITAL, BUT IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE. CAROLINE MARCELLO EXPLAINS.
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Attorney General Jeff Landry was the top fundraiser among Louisiana’s elected officials in the latest annual reports documenting campaign donations and spending. He was followed by Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser. Both men are considered potential candidates in the next governor’s race. Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards can’t run for reelection when his second term ends.
A CAMERON PARISH COMPANY HAS BEEN INDICTED FOR ILLEGALLY HARVESTING AND SELLING RAW OYSTERS. THE BAY FRESH OYSTER COMPANY IS BASED OUT OF SAN LEON, TEXAS BUT OPERATES A LOCATION IN CAMERON. ELEVEN INDIVIDUALS FROM CAMERON AND ONE FROM LAKE CHARLES ARE ALSO INDICTED FOR HARVESTING, BUYING AND SELLING OYSTERS IN VIOLATION OF LOUISIANA LAWS. THE DEFENDANTS INITIAL COURT APPEARANCE IS SCHEDULED FOR MARCH TENTH.
OPELOUSAS RESIDENTS ARE INVITED TO A PUBLIC MEETING IN THE OPELOUSAS COURTHOUSE SQUARE FROM TEN TO ONE THIS SATURDAY. THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND THE CITY OF OPELOUSAS IS LOOKING FOR INPUT ON WAYS TO REVITALIZE THE HISTORIC DOWNTOWN AREA. MAPS AND DISPLAYS OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA WILL BE PUT OUT AT THE MEETING SO PARTICIPANTS WILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY AREAS WHERE THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IMPROVEMENTS. THIS IS THE THIRD MEETING DESIGNED TO GET INPUT THAT WILL HELP SHAPE A MASTER PLAN.
BEN LANGLINAIS SAYS HIS WIFE FILLED UP THEIR S-U-V AT A MOBIL STATION ON VEROT SCHOOL ROAD ON THURSDAY AND SHE DROVE ABOUT A HALF MILE AWAY WHEN IT DIED. LANGLINAIS TELLS KATC TV THAT, AFTER BEING TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP, THEY FOUND OUT THE GAS THEY PUT IN THE TANK WAS NINETY-FIVE PERCENT WATER. JOHN MILAZZO, THE PRESIDENT OF THE LARD OIL COMPANY, SAYS IT WAS A CAP ON THE TANK THAT WASN’T SEALED PROPERLY. HE SAYS THEY IMMEDIATELY TURNED OFF THE PUMPS AND THE OWNER OF THE GAS STATION IS WORKING WITH THE DRIVERS WHO WERE AFFECTED.
COVID-NINETEEN HOSPITALIZATIONS CONTINUE TO DECREASE WITH TWENTY-SIX FEWER IN YESTERDAY’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.
