5-13-20
THE NUMBER OF CORONAVIRUS CASES IN LOUISIANA ROSE BY TWO HUNDRED THIRTY FIVE YESTERDAY. THE TOTAL STANDS AT THIRTY-TWO THOUSAND, FIFTY. THE NUMBER OF DEATHS IS UP BY THIRTY NINE. THERE ARE TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY-ONE PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED FROM CORONAVIRUS. THE NUMBER OF COVID-NINETEEN PATIENTS ROSE BY TEN TO ONE THOUSAND, THREE-HUNDRED-TWENTY, WHILE THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS DROPPED BY ELEVEN.
THERE ARE TWELVE MORE CORONAVIRUS CASES IN ACADIANA PARISHES. THE PARISH THAT ADDED THE MOST IS ST. MARY WITH NINE ADDITIONAL CASES. THE TOTAL IS ONE THOUSAND, SEVEN-HUNDRED-NINETY. THERE WAS ONE ADDITIONAL DEATH IN THE REGION. THAT WAS IN ST. LANDRY PARISH, WHICH HAS THE MOST IN ACADIANA WITH FIFTY-ONE.
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD FOUR ADDITIONAL DEATHS IN YESTERDAY’S REPORT RELEASED BY THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. THREE WERE IN CALCASIEU PARISH AND THE OTHER DEATH WAS IN ALLEN PARISH. HOWEVER THERE ARE NO MORE CORONAVIRUS CASES IN THE REGION. THE TOTAL IS SEVEN-HUNDRED-THREE.
POLICE IN NEW IBERIA ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING THAT LEFT ONE PERSON DEAD LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. GERALD GREUNIG REPORTS.
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Louisiana’s Republican lawmakers are advancing measures that would limit damage claims against businesses in car wreck lawsuits. They are pushing ahead with the pre-coronavirus priority as Democrats argue the debate is inappropriate amid a pandemic. The proposals would change the rules for accessing the courts and suing over injuries. A House committee voted 11-5 Tuesday to send one bill to the full House for debate, while a Senate committee backed a similar measure in a 4-3 vote.
U-L LAFAYETTE ANNOUNCED THAT THEIR SPRING GRADUATES WILL BE HONORED THREE DIFFERENT TIMES. A VIRTUAL GRADUATION WILL BE HELD ONLINE FRIDAY FOR THE EIGHT ACADEMIC COLLEGES AND THE GRADUATE SCHOOL BEGINNING FRIDAY AT TEN A-M ON U-L’S WEBSITE. ON SATURDAY, LAFAYETTE’S FOUR TELEVISION NETWORKS WILL BROADCAST A COMMENCEMENT CELEBRATION THAT WILL RESEMBLE A TRADITIONAL GRADUATION. DEWAYNE BOWIE, THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT, SAYS THEY PLAN TO SCHEDULE AN IN-PERSON CELEBRATION WHEN IT’S SAFE TO GATHER TOGETHER AGAIN.
THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS HAD TO TURN AWAY HUNDREDS OF CARS AT A FOOD DISTRIBUTION EVENT AT THE PRIEN LAKE MALL YESTERDAY. THE FIRST CAR WAS IN LINE AT FIVE A-M AND BY NINE A-M THEY SERVED THE 700TH CAR, WHICH WAS THE LIMIT THEY WERE ABLE TO SERVE. PRESIDENT AND C-E-O DENISE DUREL SAYS THOSE LINED UP FOR THE FOOD WERE VERY THANKFUL AND EXPRESSED THEIR APPRECIATION TO THE VOLUNTEERS. SHE SAYS THEY ARE HOPING TO HOLD ANOTHER FOOD DISTRIBUTION SOMETIME IN JUNE.
A Port Barre police officer has been charged with rape after a woman accused him of engaging in sexual activity with her in exchange for a lighter punishment following a traffic stop. Port Barre’s police chief says 21-year-old officer Darwin Fontenot admitted to having relations with the woman in an off-duty encounter after he pulled her over for speeding. Authorities said the Chalmette woman reported the incident to the St. Bernard Parish Sheriff’s Office in April. The report indicated the woman had other violations and Fontenot offered her leniency in exchange for illicit relations.
