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ONE PERSON IS DEAD AFTER FIRING HIS WEAPON AT A VERMILLION PARISH SHEREIFF’S DEPUTY, FORCING THE DEPUTY TO RETURN FIRE. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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U-L LAFAYETTE HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A BICYCLE FRIENDLY CAMPUS, ONE OF THIRTY-EIGHT NATIONWIDE, BY THE LEAGUE OF AMERICAN BICYCLISTS. THE LEAGUE’S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BILL NESPER, SAID IN A PRESS RELEASE THAT BIKE-FRIENDLY CAMPUSES ARE PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN SAFELY AND EASILY GET AROUND BY BIKE, RESULTING IN THE IMPROVED WELLBEING OF THE COMMUNITY. GRETCHEN LACOMBE OF U-L’S OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY SAYS A NUMBER OF PROJECTS OVER THE YEARS HAS LED TO THE BIKE-FRIENDLY DESIGNATION. SHE CITED THE INSTALLATION OF CYCLING LANES, THE EXTENSION OF BIKE PATHS, AND THE CREATION OF MORE THAN TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED BICYCLE PARKING SPACES ON CAMPUS.
Louisiana’s secretary of state has decided to shelve his search for new voting machines after a barrage of complaints about the bid process from interested election technology companies, the head of the state Senate oversight committee and his fellow Republicans. Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin sent a letter to Louisiana’s chief procurement officer Wednesday. The letter announced his decision, asked her to remove the bid solicitation from a state website and requested that she dismiss protests filed by two companies that wanted to seek the work. Ardoin said he’ll redo the search in the future.
LOUIS CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL IN LAKE CHARLES IS MOVING FROM THEIR BANK STREET LOCATION IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA TO THE MORGANFIELD SUBDIVISION IN SOUTHEAST LAKE CHARLES. BISHOP GLEN JOHN PROVOST ACCEPTED THE DECISION OF THE BOARD OF PASTOR’S, WHICH CAME AFTER MUCH DEBATE. THE CURRENT CAMPUS WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED DURING HURRICANE LAURA. A COMMITTEE WILL LOOK AT THE BANK STREET LOCATION AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHAT TO DO WITH IT IN THE FUTURE.
RAYNE POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A SUSPECT IN AN ARMED ROBBERY THAT HAPPENED FEBRUARY TWENTY-FOURTH IN THE PARKING LOT OF KING CITY GROCERY. TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD JOHNATHAN DIXON WAS ARRESTED DURING A TRAFFIC STOP YESTERDAY WHEN POLICE DISCOVERED AN OUTSTANDING WARRANT FOR ARMED ROBBERY AND DOMESTIC ABUSE BATTERY. DURING THE ARREST, THEY FOUND A HANDGUN THAT MATCHED THE DESCRIPTION OF THE HANDGUN USED IN THE ROBBERY. DIXON ALLEGEDLY MET WITH THE VICTIM AT THE GROCERY STORE PARKING LOT TO SELL A CAR RADIO BUT THEN PULLED A GUN AND DEMANDED MONEY.
GARDEN VIEW ASSISTED LIVING IN LAFAYETTE IS EXPECTED TO OPEN UP FOR VISITORS TO COME SEE THEIR RESIDENTS ON MARCH SEVENTEENTH. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR KIMBERLY BURNETT TELLS KATC THAT EVERYONE HAS TAKEN THE VACCINE AND THE STAFF HAVE PARTICIPATED AS WELL. FOR MONTHS, RESIDENTS HAVE ONLY BEEN ABLE TO SEE FAMILY THROUGH WINDOWS OR WHILE SOCIALLY DISTANCING. ONE OF THE RESIDENTS, NINETY-YEAR-OLD CLAIRE GUIDRY, SAYS SHE’S MOST EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO HUG HER CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.
COVID-NINETEEN HOSPITALIZATIONS IN LOUISIANA DROPPED BELOW SIX HUNDRED IN TODAY’S REPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. THERE WERE FORTY-ONE FEWER HOSPITALIZATIONS. MEANWHILE, THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS DECREASED BY ELEVEN, TO A TOTAL OF SEVENTY-EIGHT. THERE ARE THREE HUNDRED THREE NEW CONFIRMED CASES, PUTTING THE TOTAL ABOVE THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-ONE THOUSAND. LOUISIANA HAD SIXTEEN MORE DEATHS.
FOUR OF THE SIXTEEN DEATHS WERE IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA, INCLUDING THREE IN CALCASIEU PARISH AND ONE IN ALLEN PARISH. ACADIANA HAD NO NEW DEATHS. TWENTY-EIGHT OF THE TWENTY-NINE NEW CONFIRMED COVID-NINETEEN CASES IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA WERE IN CALCASIEU PARISH. ACADIANA HAD FORTY-SIX NEW CASES. LAFAYETTE AND ST. LANDRY PARISHES HAD THE MOST IN THE REGION WITH ELEVEN EACH.
