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4-24-20

Unemployment claims in Louisiana continue to spike as Gov. John Bel Edwards weighs how much to reopen the state’s economy on May 1. The Democratic governor is expected to announce his plans early next week. State labor figures released Thursday showed the number of people filing unemployment claims in Louisiana last week neared 340,000. Meanwhile, state Senate President Page Cortez of  Lafayette has notified his colleagues that he contracted the COVID-19 disease caused by the coronavirus a month ago.

 

There are 25,739 known coronavirus cases in Louisiana, based on testing, an increase of 481 cases.  The death toll rose to 1,540.  That’s sixty-seven more deaths. But the number of cases requiring hospitalization continues to decline as well as those needing ventilators.

 

THERE WERE FORTY-THREE MORE CASES OF CORONAVIRUS IN ACADIANA.  THE TOTAL IS NOW AT ONE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED NINETY-THREE.  THERE ARE FOUR MORE DEATHS FROM THE CORONAVIRUS IN ACADIANA.  THEY INCLUDED TWO MORE IN ST. LANDRY PARISH, WHICH HAS THE MOST OF ANY ACADIANA PARISH AT THIRTY-ONE, AND ONE MORE EACH IN IBERIA AND ST. MARY PARISHES.  THE TOTAL DEATHS IN ACADIANA IS NOW AT NINETY-NINE.

 

THERE ARE TWELVE MORE CASES OF CORONAVIRUS IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA, INCLUDING ELEVEN IN CALCASIEU PARISH.  THE TOTAL IN THE REGION STANDS AT FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY-NINE.  THERE IS ONE MORE DEATH IN CALCASIEU PARISH.  THE SOUTHWEST REGION HAS FORTY TOTAL DEATHS FROM THE CORONAVIRUS.

 

THE SIX MAYORS IN LAFAYETTE PARISH ALONG WITH MAYOR PRESIDENT JOSH GUILLORY HAVE SENT A LETTER TO THE GOVERNOR ASKING THEY BE GIVEN FLEXIBILITY IN OPENING BUSINESSES.  AT A NEWS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY, GUILLORY SAID THE MAYORS HOPE THE GOVERNOR WILL ALLOW THEM TO TAILOR REOPENING PLANS FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES.  THE LETTER SAYS THEY ARE PREPARED TO ENSURE THE REOPENING OF THE LOCAL ECONOMY TAKES PLACE IN A SAFE AND THOUGHTFUL MANNER.  LAFAYETTE PARISH HAS HAD NO NEW DEATHS FROM THE CORONOVIRUS IN SIX DAYS AND THE NUMBER OF NEW CASES APPEARS TO HAVE PLATEAUED.

 

A CROWLEY FIREFIGHTER WHO WAS RECENTLY LAID OFF NONETHELESS HELPED HIS FELLOW FIREFIGHTERS BATTLE A HOUSE FIRE THAT HAPPENED AROUND MIDNIGHT YESTERDAY.  JAKE RICHARD TELLS KLFY TV THAT HE’S STILL PART OF THE BROTHERHOOD AND WOULDN’T LEAVE THEM HANGING.  HE AND THE OTHER FIREFIGHTERS WORKED FIVE HOURS TO PUT OUT THE BLAZE, WHICH LEFT THE HOUSE A TOTAL LOSS AND KILLED A PET DOG.  FIVE FIREFIGHTERS REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION.  CROWLEY MAYOR TIM MONCEAUX LAID OFF FIFTEEN CITY EMPLOYEES ON TUESDAY INCLUDING THREE FIREFIGHTERS.

 

A FIRE CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO A LAFAYETTE RESTAURANT ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON.  GERALD GREUNIG REPORTS.

 

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A SULPHUR WOMAN WAS KILLED IN A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.  THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS FIFTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD LISA A. SHEPERD WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON NORTH CLAIRBORNE STREET WHEN SHE WENT OFF THE ROADWAY NEAR THE SIM PORTIE ROAD INTERSECTION AND STRUCK A STREET SIGN AND CULVERT BEFORE COMING TO REST IN A DITCH.  SHEPHARD WAS TRAPPED IN THE VEHICLE AND HAD TO BE RESCUED BY EMERGENCY CREWS, BUT SHE LATER DIED AT THE HOSPITAL.  TOXICOLOGY SAMPLES WERE TAKEN FROM SHEPARD AND THE CRASH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.