3-25-21
A MAN SURRENDERED TO NEW IBERIA POLICE AFTER BARRICADING HIMSELF IN A HOME. CAROLINE MARCELLO REPORTS.
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SOUTH LOUISIANA COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN LAFAYETTE HAS SEEN A TWELVE PERCENT DROP IN ENROLLMENT. DIRECTOR OF ENROLLMENT DEBBIE TABCHOURI (tab CHIR ee) SAYS IT’S MAINLY DUE TO STUDENTS NOT LIKING VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS RATHER THAN PERSON TO PERSON INSTRUCTION. SHE SAYS THE GOVERNOR HAS SET ASIDE FUNDS TO TRY TO GET FIVE THOUSAND PEOPLE SHORT TERM JOB CERTIFICATIONS TO BOOST EMPLOYMENT. SHE SAYS THE OPPORTUNITY IS BEING OFFERED IN A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS WHICH ARE LESS THAN TWELVE WEEKS LONG, SUCH AS WELDING, HEALTH CARE, AND MARITIME PROGRAMS.
Louisiana will end its limits Monday on which adults can receive the coronavirus vaccine, giving access to anyone 16 and older who wants to schedule an appointment. Wednesday’s announcement from Gov. John Bel Edwards comes as vaccine supplies grow and immunization appointments go unused. Louisiana is joining a growing list of states that are throwing open vaccine access to any adult interested in a shot. Edwards says Louisiana also will significantly ramp up its large community vaccination events to try to reach more people and make it easier for them to obtain the immunizations.
A PACK OF FIVE DOGS HAVE BEEN TERRORIZING THE SUMMERWOOD DRIVE NEIGHBORHOOD IN SULPHUR. A PET CAT WAS MAULED AND JENNIFER WYNN TELLS KPLC TV THAT SHE WAS NEARLY ATTACKED BY THE DOGS WHILE GETTING INTO HER VEHICLE. MAYOR MIKE DANAHY SAYS THEY SENT ANIMAL CONTROL WORKERS TO PATROL THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY CAPTURED THREE OF THE DOGS YESTERDAY. HE SAYS TO CALL SULPHUR ANIMAL CONTROL IF THE TWO REMAINING DOGS ARE SPOTTED.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONFIRMED THAT THE TOWN OF WASHINGTON IN SAINT LANDRY PARISH WAS STRUCK BY A TORNADO TUESDAY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CLASSIFIED IT AS AN E-F-ONE TORNADO, WHICH HAS WINDS UP TO ONE HUNDRED TEN MILES AN HOUR. SOME BRANCHES THAT BROKE OFF FROM TREES WERE THROWN INTO HOMES LIKE SPEARS. KEVIN FONTENOT TOLD KLFY TV THAT HE’D BEEN THROUGH HURRICANES BEFORE BUT THERE WAS NOTHING AS VIOLENT AS THE TORNADO.
A WOMAN HAD A WALLET TAKEN FROM HER PURSE TUESDAY EVENING IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE ALBERTSON’S STORE ON AMBASSADOR CAFFERY NEAR CONGRESS STREET. POLICE SAY THE MAN WHO TOOK THE WALLET HAD A FEMALE ACCOMPLICE WHO DISTRACTED THE WOMAN. THE SUSPECTS THEN WENT TO THE TARGET STORE ON AMBASSADOR CAFFERY AND MADE A PURCHASE WITH A CREDIT CARD FROM THE WALLET. POLICE HAVE RELEASED PICTURES OF THE SUSPECTS THOUGH THEY ARE WEARING FACE MASKS.
THE NUMBER OF COVID-NINETEEN DEATHS IN LOUISIANA INCREASED BY SEVEN, ACCORDING TO YESTERDAY’S LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH REPORT. THE STATE HAD TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVEN NEW CONFIRMED CASES. HOSPITALIZATIONS FOR COVID-NINETEEN HAS RISEN SLIGHTLY FOR THREE DAYS. YESTERDAY IT WENT UP BY NINE WHILE THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS INCREASED BY ONE.
FOR THE SECOND DAY IN A ROW, ACADIANA SAW NO NEW DEATHS FROM COVID NINETEEN. SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD TWO DEATHS, BOTH IN CALCASIEU PARISH. ACADIANA HAD SIXTY NEW CONFIRMED CASES, INCLUDING THIRTY-SEVEN IN LAFAYETTE PARISH. SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ACTUALLY HAD THEIR TOTAL CASES ADJUSTED DOWN BY FIFTY-ONE.
