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THERE WERE TWO SHOOTINGS INVOLVING LAW ENFORCEMENT IN VERMILLION PARISH OVER A TWENTY-FOUR HOUR PERIOD. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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WALLETHUB HAS RELEASED ITS ANNUAL LIST OF THE FATTEST CITIES IN THE COUNTRY, AND FOUR LOUISIANA CITIES MADE THE TOP TWENTY. NINETEEN KEY METRICS WERE USED TO COMPILE THE LIST THAT POINTS OUT THE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE THE MOST WEIGHT RELATED PROBLEMS. LAFAYETTE IS NUMBER NINE, WHILE BATON ROUGE MADE THE LIST AT NUMBER THREE, SHREVEPORT IS NUMBER FIVE AND NEW ORLEANS IS NUMBER NINETEEN. NUMBER ONE ON THE LIST IS MCALLEN, TEXAS.
A HOUSTON MAN WAS ARRESTED BY THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE ON MONDAY ON CHARGES OF BANK FRAUD AND IDENTITY THEFT. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THERE WERE SIXTY-TWO VICTIMS OF IDENTITY THEFT AND ABOUT TWENTY-THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS WAS STOLEN. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT TWO SUSPECTS WERE MAKING FRAUDULENT A-T-M TRANSACTIONS AND PURCHASING GIFT CARDS AT GROCERY STORES USING FRAUDULENT DEBIT CARDS. ONE OF THE SUSPECTS, THIRTY-YEAR-OLD NASQUIER PEREZ-CARDONA, WAS ARRESTED AT A LOCAL GAS STATION.
Louisiana is using nearly half its first shipments of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine to hold large walk-up and drive-thru immunization events at convention centers, sports stadiums and other community sites. The first of the vaccination events began Thursday at the Lake Charles Civic Center, the New Orleans convention center, a baseball stadium in Metairie, and health clinics in St. Tammany Parish. Nearly 17,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine will be administered through the events. On Tuesday, a vaccination event is planned for the Rayne Civic Center, and it’s by appointment only.
COVID-NINETEEN HOSPITALIZATIONS IN LOUISIANA DECREASED BY THIRTY-FOUR, ACCORDING TO YESTERDAY’S REPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. MEANWHILE, THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS DECREASED BY FOUR, TO A TOTAL OF SEVENTY-FOUR. THERE ARE FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY NEW CONFIRMED CASES. LOUISIANA HAD THIRTEEN MORE DEATHS.
ACADIANA HAD NO NEW DEATHS FOR THE SECOND DAY IN A ROW. SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD ONE MORE DEATH, WHICH WAS IN CALCASIEU PARISH. ACADIANA HAD ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT NEW CASES. LAFAYETTE PARISH HAD SIXTY-SIX OF THOSE. THERE WERE FIFTY-TWO NEW CONFIRMED COVID-NINETEEN CASES IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA INCLUDING THIRTY-SEVEN IN CALCASIEU PARISH.
THE FROG FESTIVAL IN RAYNE, THAT WAS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE IN MAY, HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE RAYNE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MADE THE DECISION BECAUSE OF COVID-NINETEEN GUIDELINES. THE BOARD SAID IN A PRESS RELEASE THAT THEY PLANNED TO COME BACK WITH A BIGGER AND BETTER FESTIVAL NEXT YEAR. THE TWENTY-TWENTY-TWO FESTIVAL WILL BE THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION.
STUDENTS AT HEAD START PROGRAMS IN LAFAYETTE ARE RETURNING TO IN PERSON CLASSES THIS WEEK. PRIME TIME HEAD START ON EAST WILLOW STREET OPENED UP YESTERDAY. PRIME TIME WAS SELECTED BY THE OFFICE OF HEAD START TO PROVIDE EARLY HEAD START AND HEAD START SERVICES IN LAFAYETTE AND IBERIA PARISHES. THE STAFF DECIDED TO KICK THINGS OFF WITH A CELEBRATION OF DR. SEUSS.
