4-27-21
THE SEARCH CONTINUES FOR THE SEVEN MISSING MEMBERS OF THE CAPSIZED SEACOR LIFT BOAT. CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS AN UPDATE.
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A MAN WAS ARRESTED BY AN IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTY MONDAY FOR DRUG POSSESSION. THE DEPUTY CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATIVE STOP ON A FORD TAURUS BECAUSE THE DRIVER, THIRTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD HOMER WILSON, HAD OUTSTANDING WARRANTS IN FLORIDA. WILSON HAD TWENTY-SIX GRAMS OF MARIJUANA, A HALF GRAM OF METHAMPHETAMINE AND ELEVEN DOSE UNITS OF M-D-M-A, ALSO KNOWN AS MOLLY, IN HIS VEHICLE. WILSON WILL BE EXTRADITED TO POLK COUNTY, FLORIDA ON THE OUTSTANDING WARRANTS.
Louisiana’s population grew enough over the last decade that it won’t lose a congressional seat, but that growth still fell well below the increases seen in many other states and across the nation. The latest U.S. census data released Monday showed Louisiana had more than 4.6 million people in the latest 2020 tally, about 124,000 more people than in 2010. The 2.7% growth rate was far short of the 7.4% population increase seen across the United States, but it was enough for Louisiana to keep six seats in the U.S. House. The state lost a congressional seat after the 2010 census because of anemic population growth at the time.
LAKE CHARLES HAD THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE WHO LEFT THE AREA IN TWENTY-TWENTY THAN ANY METROPOLITAN AREA IN THE COUNTRY, ACCORDING TO AN ARTICLE IN THE NEW YORK TIMES. IT WAS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE MADE CHANGE OF ADDRESS REQUESTS WITH THE POST OFFICE, BUT DOESN’T DISTINGUISH BETWEEN PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY ADDRESS CHANGES. MAYOR NIC HUNTER SAYS HE BELIEVES MOST OF THE THREE THOUSAND PEOPLE HE CONSIDERS DISPLACED WILL RETURN. HE TELLS KPLC TV THAT THE CITY IS BUILDING BACK BETTER AND STRONGER AND HAS A BRIGHT FUTURE.
A SONIC RESTAURANT IN CHURCH POINT WAS DAMAGED WHEN THE DRIVER OF A PICKUP TRUCK RAN INTO IT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. THREE PEOPLE SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES.
THE PONTOON BRIDGE NEAR ESTHERWOOD IS CLOSED. ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF K-P GIBSON SAYS THE BRIDGE SUSTAINED DAMAGE FROM A LARGE TRUCK. NO TIMETABLE HAS BEEN GIVEN FOR WHEN IT WILL BE REOPENED.
LOUISIANA HAD SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY-NINE NEW CONFIRMED COVID-NINETEEN CASES. YESTERDAY’S REPORT FROM THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH COVERS A THREE DAY PERIOD BECAUSE REPORTS ARE NOT ISSUED ON THE WEEKEND. HOSPITALIZATIONS IN LOUISIANA ARE DOWN BY ELEVEN. THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS STAYED THE SAME AT FORTY-SEVEN. THERE WERE THREE MORE DEATHS THAT WERE ATTRIBUTED TO COVID-NINETEEN IN LOUISIANA.
THERE WERE NO NEW DEATHS IN ACADIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA IN YESTERDAY’S REPORT. ACADIANA HAD ONE HUNDRED FORTY-SEVEN NEW CASES OVER THE THREE DAY PERIOD, MOVING THE TOTAL OVER FIFTY-SEVEN THOUSAND FOR THE REGION. LAFAYETTE PARISH HAD THE MOST WITH EIGHTY-ONE. SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD FORTY-FIVE NEW CASES INCLUDING FORTY IN CALCASIEU PARISH.
