4-27-20
GERALD GREUNIG HAS THE LATEST NUMBERS ON THE CORONAVIRUS IN LOUISIANA.
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THE NUMBER OF CASES OF CORONAVIRUS IN ACADIANA HAS RISEN TO ONE THOUSAND, FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY-EIGHT. THAT INCLUDES AN ADDITIONAL THIRTY-FIVE OVER THE WEEKEND. THERE WERE SIX MORE DEATHS IN ACADIANA OVER THE WEEKEND. THE TOTAL IS NOW AT ONE HUNDRED TEN. ST. LANDRY PARISH HAS THE MOST AT THIRTY-FOUR AND ST. MARY PARISH IS NEXT WITH TWENTY. LAFAYETTE PARISH HAS BEEN AT SEVENTEEN FOR A NUMBER OF DAYS.
THERE ARE FIVE-HUNDRED, FORTY TWO CASES OF CORONAVIRUS IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. THAT’S AN ADDITIONAL TWELVE OVER THE WEEKEND. THE NUMBER OF DEATHS IS AT FORTY-FOUR. THAT’S TWO MORE THAN ON FRIDAY. CALCASIEU PARISH HAS THE MOST WITH TWENTY-SEVEN DEATHS.
GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS IS EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE AS EARLY AS TODAY THE FIRST PHASE OF HIS REOPENING OF THE ECONOMY. HIS STAY-AT-HOME ORDER ENDS THIS THURSDAY, BUT EDWARDS HAS BEEN TRYING TO MANAGE EXPECTATIONS. HE SAID FRIDAY THAT THE REOPENING WILL BE VERY, VERY GRADUAL AND SLOW. EDWARDS HAS REJECTED OPENING THE STATE PARISH BY PARISH AS SOME REPUBLICANS SUGGESTED.
A HEAD-ON COLLISION IN ST. LANDRY PARISH SATURDAY NIGHT CLAIMED THE LIFE OF TWO OPELOUSAS RESIDENTS. STATE POLICE SAY FORTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD RAMANDO FREDRICO ROYSTON WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON L-A 182 WHEN, FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON, HE CROSSED THE CENTER LINE AND STRUCK A NORTHBOUND CAR DRIVEN BY TWENTY-YEAR-OLD BRASHLEY RENEE CHAMBERS. BOTH DRIVERS WERE PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE AND THE CRASH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION. THERE HAVE BEEN FIFTEEN FATAL CRASHES SO FAR IN THE TROOP I AREA RESULTING IN EIGHTEEN DEATHS.
THE I-210 BRIDGE IN LAKE CHARLES WAS CLOSED FOR A FEW HOURS YESTERDAY AS A PRECAUTION BECAUSE OF A FIRE AT A NEARBY PLANT. TROOPER DEREK SENEGAL SAYS THERE WAS A SMOLDERING FIRE INVOLVING VINYL CHLORIDE AT A PLANT ON P-P-G DRIVE. HE SAYS THERE WAS NO OFF SITE IMPACT FROM THE FIRE. AIR QUALITY IS STILL BEING MONITORED AROUND THE PLANT.
SOME CROWLEY RESIDENTS CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF HOLDING A PARADE FOR CROWLEY HIGH GRADUATES ON THE DAY ON WHICH THEY WERE ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED TO GRADUATE. THE PARADE IS SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY, MAY FOURTEENTH. IT WILL TAKE PLACE ON PARKERSON AVENUE. GRADUATES WHO WISH TO PARTICIPATE MUST FILL OUT A PACKET APPLICATION NO LATER THAN FRIDAY, MAY EIGHTH.
A one-eyed squirrel that gained a social media following is being returned to nature. The Acadiana Advocate reports that the Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries has taken Willamina the squirrel from Emily Istre. The Lafayette resident created an Instagram account for the squirrel known as One Eyed Willa, and it had more than 1,600 followers. Istre started caring for the squirrel in mid-March. It’s illegal to try to rehabilitate wildlife without a permit.
