3-22-21
A LAFAYETTE MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH A ROAD RAGE INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED LATE FRIDAY MORNING ON I-TEN IN ACADIA PARISH. SHERIFF K-P GIBSON SAYS A CALL WAS RECEIVED ABOUT SHOTS FIRED AT A VEHICLE AND SCOTT POLICE WRE ABLE TO LOCATE THE VEHICLE AND STOP IT. THERE WERE FOUR PEOPLE IN THE VEHICLE WHICH WAS SHOT BUT NONE WERE INJURED. TWENTY-YEAR-OLD JAYVON THOMAS MARTIN WAS BOOKED INTO THE LAFAYETTE PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER ON FOUR COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE MURDER.
TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT IN CARENCRO EARLY SUNDAY. POLICE CHIEF DAVID ANDERSON SAYS THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED IN THE SOUTHBOUND EXIT OF I-FORTY-NINE AT VETERAN’S DRIVE. THE NAMES OF THE VICTIMS HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED OR THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE ACCIDENT. ANDERSON SAYS THAT INFORMATION IS EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED TODAY.
Republican Julia Letlow has won a special election for the U.S. House seat her husband, Luke, couldn’t fill because of his death from COVID-19 complications. Julia Letlow easily defeated 11 opponents Saturday to claim the 5th District seat representing northeast and central Louisiana. She’s the first Republican woman elected to Congress from Louisiana. The race for Louisiana’s other vacant U.S. House seat representing a New Orleans-based district will head to an April 24 runoff between two Democratic state senators from the city, Troy Carter and Karen Carter Peterson.
THE MAYOR OF JENNINGS WON REELECTION SATURDAY. REPUBLICAN HENRY GUINN TOOK FIFTY-NINE PERCENT OF THE VOTE TO DEFEAT A CHALLENGE FROM DEMOCRAT MELVIN ADAMS. THE PRESIDENT OF SAINT LANDRY PARISH, DEMOCRAT JESSE BELLARD, ALSO TOOK FIFTY-NINE PERCENT TO DEFEAT REPUBLICAN DWAIN BULLER. SAINT MARY PARISH VOTERS APPROVED A FOUR-POINT-FIVE PERCENT SALES TAX THAT WILL FUND A PAY RAISE FOR TEACHERS AND SCHOOL STAFF.
Louisiana’s utility regulators are trying to soften the blow of the high heating charges customers will face from February’s winter weather by requiring companies to spread the impact over multiple electricity bills. The Advocate reports the five-member Public Service Commission on Wednesday ordered utility companies selling electricity to 2.1 million customers across Louisiana to avoid loading all the increased fuel costs onto April bills. Louisiana bills were already higher in March because people were running their heaters full blast during the coldest parts of February. But customers face the potential for high bills in April as well, as utilities seek to pass on the increased cost of the fuel used to operate generating plants.
LAFAYETTE POLICE NEED YOUR HELP IN IDENTIFYING TWO PEOPLE ACCUSED OF DINING AND DASHING AT A LOCAL RESTAURANT. CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS MORE.
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HOSPITALIZATIONS FOR COVID-NINETEEN IN LOUISIANA HAVE DROPPED BELOW FOUR HUNDRED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MONTHS. THERE WERE FIFTEEN FEWER HOSPITALIZATIONS IN YESTERDAY’S REPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, WHICH COVERED A TWO DAY PERIOD. THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS EDGED UP BY ONE. THERE WERE JUST ONE HUNDRED SEVEN NEW CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-NINETEEN. LOUISIANA HAD NINE MORE DEATHS.
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD NO NEW COVID-NINETEEN DEATHS TO REPORT. ACADIANA HAD ONE MORE DEATH, WHICH WAS IN SAINT MARTIN PARISH. SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA REPORTED TWELVE MORE CONFIRMED COVID-NINTEEEN CASES. CALCASIEU PARISH HAD THE MOST WITH TWENTY-ONE, BUT THREE PARISHES HAD LOWER NUMBERS. ACADIANA HAD ELEVEN MORE CASES, INCLUDING SEVENTEEN IN ACADIA PARISH. ACADIANA ALSO HAD THREE PARISHES WITH REDUCED NUMBERS.
