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Authorities say two sanitation workers on their route through Acadiana helped lead police to a missing 10-year-old girl who was last seen getting into a car with a registered sex offender. Dion Merrick said on Facebook on Monday that he and Brandon Antonie noticed a gray sedan parked in a field in St. Martin Parish and recognized it from a Louisiana State Police alert issued Sunday night. Merrick called police and authorities rescued the girl. Michael R. Sereal was taken into custody on a warrant for aggravated kidnapping.
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says it has put more than 40,000 fish into a southwest Louisiana lake to replace some of those lost to a fish kill caused by Hurricanes Laura and Delta. The department says it is also coordinating work to add more fish to Bundick Lake near DeRidder in Beauregard Parish. A news release Monday said the lake is known for abundant sport fish but hurricanes dumped leaves, trees, branches and other organic debris into the lake. As that decomposed, it used up oxygen in the water, and large numbers of fish died.
THE LAFAYETTE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE CREATING A MASK MANDATE IN AN EMERGENCY MEETING TODAY AFTER A FOUR THIRTY
P-M REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. COUNCILMAN GLENN LAZARD HAS PROPOSED THE ORDINANCE WHICH, IF APPROVED, WOULD MANDATE BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS TO REQUIRE FACE MASKS FOR EMPLOYEES, CUSTOMERS AND VISITORS. IT WOULD NOT BE REQUIRED IF A PERSON STAYS SIX FEET AWAY FROM OTHERS, DURING EATING AND DRINKING, AND FOR CHILDREN UNDER EIGHT-YEARS-OLD. UNDER THE PROPOSAL, A PERSON CITED FOR A THIRD VIOLATION COULD BE CHARGED WITH A MISDEMEANOR AND THOSE REFUSING TO LEAVE BECAUSE OF NOT WEARING A MASK CAN BE ARRESTED FOR TRESPASSING.
Gov. John Bel Edwards is readying to receive his first dose of the coronavirus vaccine. His vaccination today comes a day after he expanded access to the shots to include Louisiana government officials involved in pandemic response work. The Democratic governor was scheduled to get his vaccination in the afternoon at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center campus in Baton Rouge, along with several other state officials who are newly able under Louisiana’s latest eligibility criteria. Edwards lowered the eligibility age from 70 to 65 and added officials handling COVID-19 response work and workers for the March 20 election.
LOUISIANA HAD EIGHTEEN MORE CONFIRMED COVID-NINETEEN DEATHS IN TODAY’S REPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. THERE ARE EIGHT HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN NEW CASES IN THE STATE WHICH PUTS THE TOTAL NEAR THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE THOUSAND. HOSPITALIZATIONS CONTINUE DOWNWARD WITH TWENTY-TWO FEWER TODAY. HOWEVER THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS WENT UP BY TWO.
ACADIANA HAD SIX MORE COVID-NINETEEN DEATHS, WHICH IS A THIRD OF THE STATE TOTAL. ST. MARTIN PARISH HAD TWO MORE PUTTING THEIR TOTAL AT ONE HUNDRED. LAFAYETTE PARISH ALSO HAD TWO MORE WHILE IBERIA AND ST. LANDRY PARISH ADDED ONE EACH. THERE WAS ONE MORE DEATH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA, WHICH WAS IN ALLEN PARISH. ACADIANA ADDED NINETY FOUR NEW CONFIRMED CASES, INCLUDING TWENTY-SIX IN ST. MARTIN PARISH. SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD FORTY-THREE MORE CASES. CALCASIEU PARISH HAD THE MOST WITH THIRTY.
NO-COST COVID-NINETEEN TESTING IS AVAILABLE TODAY IN PARTS OF ACADIANA. CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS THE DETAILS.
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A CROWLEY CHURCH IS HOLDING ANOTHER DRIVE-THRU FOOD DISTRIBUTION. THE LOVE OF CHRIST BAPTIST CHURCH HELD THE FIRST EVENT LAST WEEK. THE FOOD DRIVE WILL TAKE PLACE TOMORROW AT NOON AT THE CHURCH, LOCATED AT ELEVEN-TWENTY WEST HUTCHINSON AVENUE. ANYONE IS INVITED TO STOP BY. AS WITH THE PREVIOUS EVENT, THOSE RECEIVING THE FOOD ARE ASKED TO STAY IN THEIR VEHICLES.
