5-14-20
LOUISIANA SAW A MAJOR JUMP IN CORONAVIRUS CASES IN YESTERDAY’S REPORT FROM THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. THERE ARE SIX HUNDRED TWELVE NEW CASES FOR A TOTAL OF THIRTY-TWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-TWO. MORE THAN HALF OF THOSE NEW CASES ARE FROM LABS THAT ARE REPORTING FOR THE FIRST TIME. THERE ARE ALSO SEVENTY-THREE MORE DEATHS, BRINGING THE TOTAL TO TWO THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED FIFTEEN. THERE’S GOOD NEWS HOWEVER, AS THE DEPARTMENT REPORTS THERE WERE ONE HUNDRED TWENTY SIX FEWER COVID-NINETEEN PATIENTS IN HOSPITALS.
ACADIANA SAW A HUNDRED FORTY MORE CORONAVIRUS CASES. IBERIA PARISH WAS A MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR AS THEIR NUMBER WENT UP BY SIXTY-FIVE TO THREE HUNDRED FIFTY TWO CASES. HOWEVER, THERE WAS ONLY ONE MORE DEATH. THAT WAS IN ST. MARTIN PARISH. THE TOTAL FOR THE REGION IS ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE.
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAS SIXTEEN MORE CASES OF CORONAVIRUS. NINE OF THOSE ARE IN CALCASIEU PARISH, WHICH HAS ECLIPSED THE FIVE HUNDRED MARK. THE TOTAL IS SEVEN HUNDRED NINETEEN. THERE WERE NO ADDITIONAL DEATHS. THE TOTAL STANDS AT SIXTY FOR THE REGION.
A CROWD OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS GATHERED AT CHURCH’S CHICKEN RESTAURANT ON WEST ST. PETER STREET YESTERDAY TO CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF THIRTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD FABEKA HAYES. A CHURCH’S EMPLOYEE TELLS KATC TV THAT ON TUESDAY NIGHT, HAYES WAS CLOSING THE STORE WHEN FIFTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD CLARENCE PAYTON ARRIVED, FORCED HIS WAY IN AND SHOT HER IN THE RESTAURANT. PAYTON, WHO WAS IDENTIFIED BY FRIENDS AND FAMILY AS HAYE’S BOYFRIEND, IS FACING A FIRST DEGREE MURDER CHARGE. HE IS BEING HELD IN THE IBERIA PARISH JAIL WITH NO BOND.
Louisiana voters could determine on a parish-by-parish basis whether to legalize sports betting, under a bill that has won support from the state Senate. Senators voted 29-8 Wednesday for the proposal by Republican Sen. Cameron Henry of Jefferson Parish. The bill calls for the sports betting authorization to appear on the Nov. 3 ballot. Voters in each parish would decide if the wagering would be allowed in their parish. The measure heads next to the House for debate.
LAST NIGHT A MAN WAS STABBED AT A CONVENIENCE STORE LOCATED IN THE TWENTY-THREE HUNDRED BLOCK OF EAST SIMCOE STREET IN LAFAYETTE. THE VICTIM WAS TREATED AT THE SCENE FOR SEVERAL STAB WOUNDS AND LATER TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. THE SUSPECT, IDENTIFIED AS EDDIE SLOAN, FLED THE SCENE BUT RETURNED WHILE OFFICERS WERE INVESTIGATING AND WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. SLOAN WILL BE CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE MURDER.
CALCASIEU PARISH DISTRICT ATTORNEY JOHN DEROSIER ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY MORNING THAT HE’S RETIRING AT THE END OF THIS YEAR. DEROSIER HAS SERVED AS D-A FOR FIFTEEN YEARS AND SAYS HE’S PLEASED WITH HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS. HE CITED A RECENT POLL THAT SHOWED SIXTY-FOUR PERCENT OF PARISH RESIDENTS APPROVED OF HIS JOB WHILE JUST SEVENTEEN PERCENT DID NOT APPROVE. DEROSIER SAYS HE’S LOOKING FORWARD TO KICKING BACK, TEACHING HIS GRANDDAUGHTER TO FISH AND PRACTICING LAW WITH HIS SON.
AN INVESTIGATION OF STOLEN FUNDS FROM A WHOLESALE CRAWFISH BUSINESS IN RAYNE HAS LED TO THREE ARRESTS. GERALD GREUNIG HAS MORE.
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