4-21-21
THE BODY OF A SIXTH SECOR POWER CREW MEMBER, WHO WAS FROM FRANKLIN, WAS FOUND BY DIVERS ON TUESDAY. CAROLINE MARCELLO REPORTS.
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THE LAFAYETTE CITY AND PARISH COUNCILS HAVE APPROVED TAX VOTES FOR THE ELECTION TAKING PLACE OCTOBER NINTH. SIX EXISTING PROPERTY TAXES ARE UP FOR RENEWAL TOTALLING OVER TWENTY-EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS. THERE ARE FOUR PARISH PROPERTY TAXES THAT FUND THE AIRPORT, LIBRARY, DRAINAGE AND PUBLIC HEALTH. THE TWO CITY TAXES HELP PAY POLICE AND FIRE SALARIES AND BENEFITS.
The Louisiana Senate has unanimously agreed to set up a grading system to tell the public about the condition of the state’s community water systems. The proposal by Sen. Fred Mills, which now moves to the House, would require the Louisiana Department of Health to develop the system of grading from A through F. It’s similar to the way the education department grades public school systems. Water systems would be judged on their history of federal and state water quality violations, financial sustainability, operations and performance, customer satisfaction and other benchmarks.
THIRTY MILLION DOLLARS IN FEDERAL FUNDING HAS BEEN APPROVED TO REPLACE THE I-TEN BRIDGE OVER THE CALCASIEU RIVER. IT’S PART OF TWO HUNDRED SIXTEEN MILLION DOLLARS FOR LOUISIANA ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH THE TWENTY-TWENTY CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE AND RELIEF SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT. GEORGE SWIFT WITH THE SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE SAYS THE STATE HAD PREVIOUSLY COMMITTED EIGHTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE BRIDGE. HE SAYS THEIR GOAL IS TO GET IT ALL PAID FOR WITH FEDERAL FUNDS, BUT THEY HAVE ANOTHER PLAN IF THAT DOESN’T HAPPEN.
RAYNE POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A STUDENT AT ARMSTRONG MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR TERRORIZING. THE FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL ALLEGEDLY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MULTIPLE EMAILS SENT TO THE SCHOOL ON APRIL TWELFTH THREATENING A BOMBING AND MASS SHOOTING EVENT. THE STUDENT NOW FACES FIVE COUNTS OF TERRORIZING. RAYNE POLICE ARE STILL ATTEMPTING TO FIND THE PERSON WHO PHONED IN A BOMB THREAT YESTERDAY AT RAYNE HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE FALSE.
AROUND THE CLOCK CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES ON THE AMAZON FULFILLMENT CENTER IN CARENCRO DESPITE COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS WHO LIVE NEARBY. SOME RESIDENTS ON SONNIER ROAD TELL KATC TV THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH AN INCREASE IN TRAFFIC, DUST, RODENTS, AND THE OVERNIGHT CONSTRUCTION MESSES WITH THEIR SLEEP. ONE RESIDENT, PAUL MORGAN, SAYS HE AND HIS NEIGHBORS HAVE QUESTIONED WHETHER THEY’LL HAVE TO MOVE AND ARE HOPING A FIFTEEN FOOT SOUND WALL THAT’S GOING UP WILL MAKE THINGS BETTER. CARENCRO POLICE CHIEF DAVID ANDERSON SAYS THEY HAVE GIVEN WARNINGS ABOUT NOISE TO THE COMPANY AND, IF THE NOISE COMPLAINTS CONTINUE, THEY WILL ISSUE SUMMONS.
COVID-NINETEEN HOSPITALIZATIONS EDGED UP IN LOUISIANA BY SEVEN, ACCORDING TO YESTERDAY’S REPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS INCREASED BY TWO. THERE WERE TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE NEW CONFIRMED COVID-NINETEEN CASES, WHICH PUTS LOUISIANA’S TOTAL OVER THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX THOUSAND. THE STATE HAD NINE MORE DEATHS ATTRIBUTED TO COVID-NINETEEN.
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD TWO OF THE DEATHS, WHICH WERE IN BEAUREGARD AND CALCASIEU PARISHES. THERE WAS ONE MORE DEATH IN ACADIANA. THAT DEATH WAS IN LAFAYETTE PARISH. ACADIANA HAD FORTY NEW CONFIRMED COVID-NINETEEN CASES, INCLUDING ELEVEN IN LAFAYETTE PARISH. SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD A LOW NUMBER OF NEW CASES YESTERDAY…FIFTEEN.
