4-9-20
Gov. John Bel Edwards worries news that Louisiana is seeing encouraging signs in its coronavirus fight could embolden people to lessen their physical distancing from others in an Easter holiday week traditionally packed with religious gatherings and crawfish boils. The rate of new hospitalizations has slowed, and the number of COVID-19 patients on ventilators has decreased. The health department says more than 17,000 people in Louisiana have confirmed virus infections. The death toll has reached 652.
THERE WERE SEVENTY-TWO NEW CASES OF CORONAVIRUS IN ACADIANA YESTERDAY. THAT’S A NEARLY TEN PERCENT INCREASE OVER THE DAY BEFORE. THE TOTAL IS NOW SEVEN-HUNDRED-NINETY-FOUR. THERE WERE THREE MORE DEATHS IN LAFAYETTE PARISH BUT THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ADJUSTED THE NUMBER OF DEATHS IN IBERIA PARISH DOWN ONE FROM FIVE TO FOUR. THAT MEANS THERE ARE A TOTAL OF TWENTY-FIVE DEATHS IN ACADIANA.
THERE ARE NOW MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED CASES OF CORONOVIRUS IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. THERE WERE SEVENTEEN ADDITIONAL CASES REFLECTING A SIX PERCENT INCREASE. BEAUREGARD PARISH HAS ITS FIRST DEATH AND THERE WAS ONE ADDITIONAL DEATH IN CALASIEU PARISH. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DEATHS IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA IS ELEVEN.
Louisiana is experiencing a rare moment of bipartisanship in the time of the coronavirus, after years of bitter political disputes. The unusual cooperation between Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards and his traditional Republican rivals appears to be having a positive effect. Officials are sounding a note of cautious hope that they may have flattened the curve of virus cases in the state. The growth in the number of people requiring hospitalization has slowed, and the number of patients requiring ventilators to do their breathing for them has declined.
YOUNGSVILLE’S POLICE CHIEF POSTED A FACEBOOK MESSAGE TELLING RESIDENTS TO WATCH OUT FOR THIEVES TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE STAY AT HOME ORDER. CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS MORE.
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THE ST. LANDRY PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS ARRESTED A LAFAYETTE MAN IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF A 64-YEAR-OLD MAN. THE BODY OF STANLEY L. AULTMANN THE THIRD WAS FOUND ALONG A STATE HIGHWAY NEAR WASHINGTON ONE WEEK AGO. AN AUTOPSY DISCOVERED MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS AND INJURIES CONSISTENT WITH BEING RUN OVER OR DRAGGED BY A VEHICLE. TWENTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD NICHOLAS AYMOND, WHO WAS LAST SEEN WITH AULTMANN DRIVING TO THE STORE, WAS BOOKED INTO THE ST. LANDRY PARISH JAIL ON SEVERAL COUNTS INCLUDING SECOND DEGREE MURDER AS WELL AS DRUG AND WEAPONS COUNTS.
A HUSBAND AND WIFE WERE KILLED IN A TWO VEHICLE CRASH NEAR VINTON. TROOPER DEREK SENEGAL SAYS FORTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD KEVIN PAUL LANGLEY WAS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY ONE-OH-NINE SOUTH OF FOREMAN ROAD WHEN HE SLOWED TO TURN ONTO A PRIVATE DRIVEWAY AND WAS HIT FROM BEHIND BY A PICKUP TRUCK DRIVEN BY TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD ALBERT EAST THE FOURTH OF VINTON. KEVIN AND HIS WIFE, FORTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD KIMALEY ANN LANGLEY, WERE BOTH PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. TOXICOLOGY SAMPLES WERE TAKEN AND THE CRASH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
A SIXTY-YEAR-OLD CADE MAN SURRENDERED TO ST. MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES AFTER A SHORT STANDOFF AT HIS TRAILER YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER GINNY HIGGINS SAYS DEPUTIES WERE CALLED TO A CONVENIENCE STORE WHERE REPORTEDLY DANIEL S. VALLOT GOT INTO A VERBAL ALTERCATION WITH TWO OTHER INDIVIDUALS AND PULLED OUT A GUN, THREATENING TO SHOOT THEM. HE FLED TO HIS TRAILER BEHIND THE STORE WHERE THE STAND OFF OCCURRED. HE WAS THEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A FIREARM.
