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3-18-20

FOUR PEOPLE HAVE DIED.  GERALD GRUENIG HAS MORE.

 

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CROWLEY MAYOR TIM MONCEAUX DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY YESTERDAY DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS.  HE SAYS HE DID SO TO KEEP EVERYONE HEALTHY AND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE GOVERNOR’S DECLARATION.  CITY HALL AND THE RICE FESTIVAL BUILDING WILL BE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE AS A PRECAUTION.  HE SAYS THEY ARE STILL AVAILBLE BY PHONE AND INTERNET AND A TEMPORARY MAILBOX FOR DRIVE-UP DELIVERY WILL BE INSTALLED AND CHECKED HOURLY BY STAFF.

 

CONGRESSMAN CLAY HIGGINS HAS PUT OUT A VIDEO WHERE HE CRITICIZES GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS AND HIS RESPONSE TO THE CORONAVIRUS.  HIGGINS SAYS THE GOVERNOR HAS OVERSTEPPED HIS AUTHORITY IN CLOSING AND RESTRICTING BUSINESSES AND IS HARMING THE ECONOMY.  YESTERDAY AT A BRIEFING, LAKE CHARLES MAYOR NICK HUNTER DID NOT SPEAK DIRECTLYABOUT HIGGINS COMMENTS, BUT HE SAID THAT HE BELIEVES HE SPEAKS FOR OTHER LOUISIANA MAYORS IN SUPPORTING THE DIRECTIVES FROM THE STATE.  HUNTER SAID NOW IS THE TIME FOR UNITY.  HE SAYS THEY OWE IT TO THE PUBLIC TO GIVE A COHESIVE MESSAGE AND STATEMENT.

 

U-L LAFAYETTE AND SOUTH LOUISIANA COMMUNITY COLLEGE ARE BOTH TRANSITIONING TO ONLINE CLASSES THIS WEEK.  U-L SPOKESMAN ERIC MARON SAYS FACULTY MEMBERS SPENT THE LAST TWO DAYS TRANSITIONING FROM IN-CLASS TO ON-LINE DELIVERY AND PROFESSORS TODAY WILL EXPLAIN TO STUDENTS HOW THE REMAINDER OF THEIR COURSES WILL BE COMPLETED.

S-L-C-C SPOKESWOMAN CHRISTINE PAYTON SAYS THEY’LL BE MAKING THE TRANSITION ON THURSDAY.  BOTH SCHOOLS PLAN ON KEEPING THE REMAINDER OF THEIR SEMESTER CALENDARS AND HOLDING GRADUATIONS IN MAY.

 

A CURFEW FOR ALL OF JEFF DAVIS PARISH BEGINS TODAY AS PART OF AN EFFORT TO STOP THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS.  THE CURFEW WILL TAKE PLACE EVERY NIGHT BEGINNING AT ELEVEN AND LASTING UNTIL FIVE A-M.  EXECPTIONS ARE FOR THOSE WITH AN EMERGENCY AND THOSE GOING TO AND FROM WORK.  JEFF DAVIS PARISH IS THE FIRST PARISH IN THE STATE TO ISSUE A CURFEW FOR EVERYONE.

 

Environmentalists say the U.S. government should put off plans for an oil lease sale today, citing low prices and concerns about the new coronavirus. The government has held the Gulf of Mexico lease auctions online since protesters disrupted a sale in 2016. The group Healthy Gulf says it’s foolish to sell valuable assets when oil and gas prices are low. A spokesman says the bureau is following health and safety guidelines and evaluates all bids for fair market value.

 

 

LANDRY PARISH PRESIDENT BILL FONTENOT ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY HE IS TAKING A LEAVE OF OFFICE TO DEAL WITH HEALTH ISSUES. FONTENOT WILL UNDERGO TREATMENTS FOR SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA, A TYPE OF SKIN CANCER. HE SAYS THAT HIS DOCTOR HAS ASSURRED HIM THE CANCER IS CURABLE.  FONTENOT HAS HANDED THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS OF THE PARISH OVER TO HIS DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER AMANDA CAIN AND HIS ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR RICHARD LUCITO.