3-12-21
U-L PRESIDENT JOSEPH SAVOIE ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THAT THEY ARE PLANNING MORE IN PERSON INSTRUCTION IN THE FALL CLASSES, WHICH BEGIN AUGUST TWENTY-THIRD. THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMES AS THE UNIVERSITY APPROACHES THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF ITS TRANSITION TO REMOTE INSTRUCTION. SAVOIES SAYS THEIR INTENTION IS TO BE AS CLOSE TO NORMAL AS THEY CAN BE WHEN THE FALL SEMESTER BEGINS. HE SAYS THEY WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE ADVISE AND GUIDANCE OF LOCAL, STATE AND NATIONAL AUTHORITIES.
THE OPELOUSAS POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ASKING FOR HELP IN IDENTIFYING AND FINDING AN ARMED ROBBERY SUSPECT THEY BELIEVE IS ARMED AND DANGEROUS. CAROLINE MARCELLO REPORTS.
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A top aide to Louisiana’s attorney general has resigned after being accused of sexual harassment. In his resignation letter to Attorney General Jeff Landry, Pat Magee says he’s a victim of false and unjust allegations. The letter was made public on Thursday after Magee told The Acadiana Advocate he was resigning. Also Thursday, The Advocate reported new allegations of improper behavior from a second woman who once worked for Magee.
THE MAYOR OF LAKE CHARLES HAS SENT A LETTER TO FEMA ASKING FOR MORE TEMPORARY HOUSING ASSISTANCE BECAUSE OF LAST YEAR’S HURRICANES. MAYOR NIC HUNTER SAYS THEY ASKED FOR TEMPORARY HOUSING FOR THREE THOUSAND BUT SIX MONTHS LATER, THERE ARE STILL ABOUT FIFTEEN HUNDRED PEOPLE NEEDING THE HOUSING ASSISTANCE. THEY ARE BEING TOLD IT WILL BE SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER BEFORE FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HOUSING ASSISTANCE, WHICH HUNTER SAYS IS UNACCEPTABLE. HUNTER SAYS HE HOPES TO HEAR BACK FROM FEMA BY NEXT WEEK.
THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE ARRESTED A MAN WANTED IN SEVERAL PARISHES FOR HOME IMPROVEMENT FRAUD. BETTY HILLS, WHO LIVES JUST OUTSIDE RAYNE, TELLS KLFY TV THAT SHE PAID FORTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD KERMIT LEGER FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS UP FRONT TO REPAIR HER ROOF, A FENCE AND A PATIO AFTER A HURRICANE AND HE NEVER CAME BACK TO DO THE WORK. THE HILL’S WERE ONE OF TWO CASES OF CONTRACTOR FRAUD IN ACADIA PARISH. LEGER WAS ALSO WANTED IN CALCASIEU, IBERIA, LAFAYETTE AND ST. MARY PARISHES.
ROAD CREWS AND BULK WASTE WORKERS IN ACADIA PARISH WILL RESUME NORMAL WORK HOURS. THEY HAD BEEN WORKING FOUR DAYS A WEEK, TEN HOURS A DAY. POLICE JURY VICE PRESIDENT STEVE COMEAUX TELLS KATC TV THAT THEY WILL WORK THE SAME HOURS AS THE OTHER PARISH EMPLOYEES. THAT’S FIVE DAYS A WEEK, EIGHT HOURS PER DAY. THE NORMAL SCHEDULE WILL BEGIN IN APRIL.
LOUISIANA HAD TEN MORE COVID-NINETEEN CONFIRMED DEATHS IN YESTERDAY’S REPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. THERE WERE THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT NEW CASES STATEWIDE. HOSPITALIZATIONS FOR COVID-NINETEEN WERE DOWN BY SIXTEEN. MEANWHILE THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS DECREASED AGAIN BY FIVE.
ACADIANA HAD FOUR MORE COVID-NINETEEN DEATHS, TWO IN LAFAYETTE PARISH AND ONE EACH IN EVANGELINE AND ST. MARTIN PARISHES. SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ADDED ONE MORE DEATH. IT WAS IN BEAUREGARD PARISH. THERE WERE FORTY-FOUR NEW CASES IN ACADIANA, INCLUDING TWENTY-ONE IN LAFAYETTE PARISH. SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA REPORTS THIRTY-SEVEN NEW COVID NINETEEN CONFIRMED CASES. CALCASIEU PARISH HAD THE MOST FOR THE REGION WITH THIRTY-EIGHT WHILE JEFF DAVIS PARISH’S TOTAL WAS ADJUSTED DOWN BY SIX.
