3-10-21
THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION IS INVESTIGATING A HELICOPTER ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENED IN DUSON. AT AROUND FOUR P-M, THE HELICOPTER WAS BEING LANDED IN THE EIGHTEEN HUNDRED BLOCK OF DENAIS ROAD WHEN A GUST OF WIND KNOCKED IT ON ITS SIDE. THERE WAS ONLY ONE PERSON ON BOARD BUT HE WAS NOT HURT. THE HELICOPTER SUFFERRED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.
HUMAN REMAINS FOUND IN ST. MARY PARISH LAST JANUARY HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED. THE ST. MARY PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THEY ARE THE REMAINS OF THIRTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD CASEY MARIE COLLINS, WHO WAS FROM THE LAFAYETTE AREA. THE REMAINS WERE FOUND IN A WOODED AREA ABOUT TEN MILES NORTH OF FRANKLIN BY TWO HUNTERS. THE INVESTIGATION IS NOW CONSIDERED A HOMOCIDE.
Louisiana is throwing open coronavirus vaccine eligibility to anyone 16 and older who has among two dozen preexisting conditions such as high blood pressure or diabetes. Gov. John Bel Edwards announced the widened access plans Tuesday on the one-year anniversary of Louisiana’s first confirmed coronavirus case. The broader vaccine eligibility sweeps hundreds of thousands additional people onto the access list starting immediately. The Democratic governor’s decision adds anyone age 16 to 54 if they have cancer, diabetes, asthma, sickle cell disease, chronic kidney disease, chronic pulmonary disease, Down syndrome, heart conditions or other health issues.
SULPHUR HIGH SCHOOL IS CLOSED TODAY. THE CALCASIEU PARISH SCHOOL BOARD SAYS A WATER LEAK IS THE REASON FOR THE CLOSURE. THE SCHOOL WILL REOPEN AS NORMAL TOMORROW.
AFTER CLOSING ITS DOORS IN MAY DUE TO COVID-NINETEEN AND BUDGET RESTRICTIONS, THE LAFAYETTE SCIENCE MUSEUM ANNOUNCED THAT IT IS REOPENING ITS DOORS IN APRIL. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS SEARCHING FOR A MAN WANTED ON FOUR COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE MURDER. NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD DEMARIEN LANCE SIMON IS ACCUSED OF FIRING SHOTS AT A VEHICLE ON FEBRUARY EIGHTEENTH WHILE TRAVELING NEAR MILE MARKER SEVENTY-TWO ON I-TEN. ONE PERSON IN THE OTHER VEHICLE WAS WOUNDED. ANYONE WHO KNOWS THE WHEREABOUTS OF SIMON IS ASKED TO CALL SEVEN-EIGHT-NINE-TIPS WHERE UP TO A TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR REWARD IS BEING OFFERED FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO AN ARREST.
LOUISIANA RECORDED SIX MORE CONFIRMED COVID-NINETEEN DEATHS IN YESTERDAY’S REPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. HOSPITALIZATIONS EDGED UP SLIGHTLY WITH NINE MORE. THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS DECREASED BY THREE. THERE ARE FOUR HUNDRED AND FOUR NEW CONFIRMED CASES IN THE STATE. THAT PUTS THE TOTAL OVER THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-THREE THOUSAND.
THERE WAS ONE ADDITIONAL COVID-NINETEEN CONFIRMED DEATH IN BOTH ACADIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. THEY WERE IN VERMILLION AND JEFF DAVIS PARISHES. THERE WERE NINETY-EIGHT NEW CONFIRMED CASES IN ACADIANA, INCLUDING THIRTY-FOUR IN LAFAYETTE PARISH. SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA RECORDED SEVENTY-ONE NEW CASES. SEVENTY OF THOSE WERE IN CALCASIEU PARISH.
Louisiana’s top school board is readying to send state lawmakers a nearly $4 billion public school financing proposal that would double the spending increase sought by Gov. John Bel Edwards. The K-12 school funding formula set to receive final passage Wednesday from the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education would boost spending more than $80 million next school year. It serves as the starting point for negotiations with the Legislature. The proposal would give $40 million more to school districts for discretionary use. The other $40 million would cover raises of $400 for teachers and $200 for support staff.
