3-15-21
ONE PERSON IS DEAD AFTER A CAR CRASH IN SAINT MARY PARISH. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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THE UNITED WAY OF ACADIANA IS OFFERING FREE TAX PREPARATIONS THROUGH THE VOLUNTEER INCOME ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. THEY HAVE ELEVEN LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT ACADIANA WHERE THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED. THE SERVICE IS FREE TO THOSE WHO MADE A HOUSEHOLD INCOME OF LESS THAN FIFTY-SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS IN TWENTY-TWENTY, THOUGH THERE ARE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR THOSE WHO MAKE MORE THAN THAT. TO FIND OUT THE DETAILS, GO TO THEIR WEBSITE, UNITED WAY OF ACADIANA-DOT-ORG.
FEMA HAS RESPONDED TO LAKE CHARLES MAYOR NIC HUNTER’S LETTER TO ACTING ADMINISTRATOR ROBERT J. FENTON JUNIOR, WHICH WAS SENT ON THURSDAY. HUNTER COMPLAINED ABOUT THE SLOWNESS OF GETTING TEMPORARY HOUSING FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY LAST YEAR’S HURRICANCE. FEMA’S ASSISTANT EXTERNAL AFFAIRS OFFICER MANUEL BROUSSARD AGREED WITH HUNTER THAT THE PROCESS HAS BEEN TAKING TOO LONG AND SAID THEY ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO HOUSE PEOPLE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. FEMA SAYS THEY ARE CURRENTLY PROVIDING TEMPORARY HOUSING FOR THIRTEEN THOUSAND, ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN PEOPLE.
Gov. John Bel Edwards declared Sunday in Louisiana as a “day of prayer and remembrance” for the more than 9,000 people who have died from COVID-19 since the outbreak began a year ago. Sunday marked the one-year anniversary of the first COVID-19 death in Louisiana. The health department has confirmed 9,122 people have died in the state from COVID-19. Hundreds of additional deaths are suspected from the disease caused by the coronavirus.
LOUISIANA HAD ONLY ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT NEW CONFIRMED COVID-NINETEEN CASES IN TODAY’S REPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. THE STATE HAD FOURTEEN MORE DEATHS. COVID-NINETEEN HOSPITALIZATIONS IN LOUISIANA DECREASED SLIGHTLY BY TWO. THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS ALSO WENT DOWN BY TWO.
ACADIANA HAD FOUR FEWER COVID-NINETEEN CONFIRMED CASES AS VERMILLION AND ST. LANDRY PARISHES HAD THEIR TOTALS ADJUSTED DOWNWARD. SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD TWENTY-SEVEN NEW CASES, INCLUDING TWENTY IN CALCASEIU PARISH. THERE WERE NO ADDITIONAL DEATHS IN ACADIANA OR SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA.
THE OWNER OF FRANK’S RESTAURANT IN OPELOUSAS HAS APOLOGIZED FOR A PHRASE USED ON A RECEIPT TO IDENTIFY A CUSTOMER. A SERVER AT THE RESTAURANT INDICATED ON THE RECEIPT THAT IT BELONGED TO A BLACK FAMILY BY A WINDOW. OWNER MICHAEL FONTENOT WENT ON FACEBOOK TO APOLOGIZE AND SAID THE SERVER WOULD BE DISCIPLINED UP TO AND INCLUDING TERMINATION. THE REACTION ON THE FACEBOOK PAGE WAS MIXED WITH SOME SUPPORTING THE OWNER AND OTHERS CLAIMING THE RESTAURANT HAS BEEN RACIST.
SAINT THOMAS MORE BOYS BASKETBALL WON THE DIVISION TWO STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE CAJUNDOME SATURDAY. THEY DEFEATED UNIVERSITY LAB SIXTY- TO FORTY-NINE. IT WAS THE FOURTH CHAMPIONSHIP IN A ROW FOR SAINT THOMAS MORE. SAINT MARTINVILLE MADE THE CLASS THREE-A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME BUT LOST TO MADISON PREP, FIFTY-TWO TO FORTY-SEVEN.
