5-18-20
CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS THE LATEST NUMBERS ON THE CORONAVIRUS IN LOUISIANA AND ACADIANA.
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THERE ARE FIVE NEW CASES OF CORONAVIRUS IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA INCLUDING THREE IN CALCASIEU PARISH AND ONE EACH IN ALLEN AND BEAUREGARD PARISHES. THERE’S A TOTAL OF SEVEN HUNDRED FORTY-ONE FOR SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. FOR THE FIFTH DAY IN A ROW, THERE WERE NO ADDITIONAL DEATHS IN THE REGION. SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAS A TOTAL OF SIXTY DEATHS.
THERE WERE SIGHTINGS OF TORNADOES YESTERDAY IN THE CHURCH POINT, EUNICE AND MAMOU AREAS. SEVERAL RURAL HOMES IN ACADIA PARISH WERE DAMAGED AND THERE WERE NUMEROUS INJURIES, FROM MINOR TO SEVERE, THAT WERE REPORTED, ACCORDING TO KATC TV. THE WORST DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG PRUDENCE HIGHWAY NEAR CHURCH POINT WHERE SOME HOMES AND AN EIGHTEEN-WHEELER WERE FLIPPED. MAYOR RICKEY FONTENOT OF MAMOU SAYS THEY HAD DOWNED TREES, DAMAGED ROOFS AND PATIO COVERS TAKEN OFF.
THE HUSBAND OF CARLY MCCORD IS SUING THE OWNERS OF THE PLANE THAT SHE DIED IN AND THE ESTATE OF THE PILOT, WHO WAS ALSO KILLED. STEVEN ENSMINGER JUNIOR, THE SON OF THE L-S-U OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR, FILED THE LAWSUIT IN LAFAYETTE PARISH COURT WHICH SEEKS DAMAGES FOR HIS WIFE’S DEATH. MCCORD, THE PILOT, IAN BIGGS, AND THREE OTHER PEOPLE ON THE PLANE WERE KILLED, AND ONE PERSON SEVERELY INJURED, WHEN IT CRASHED IN LAFAYETTE ON DECEMBER TWENTY-EIGHTH. ENSMINGER’S LAWSUIT CLAIMS THE OWNERS OF THE PLANE AND BIGGS WERE NEGLIGENT FOR FAILING TO PROPERLY MAINTAIN THE PLANE AND FOR FLYING IN UNFAVORABLE WEATHER WITHOUT THE PROPER TRAINING.
Gov. John Bel Edwards’ proposal to close a $1 billion budget gap caused by the coronavirus would avoid deep cuts to health care and education programs by relying on federal relief aid and the state’s “rainy day” fund. The recommendations would levy modest cuts on agencies in the budget that begins July 1. The TOPS tuition program, K-12 schools and the social services department would be spared reductions. But college campuses and health programs would take hits. The Edwards administration submitted its reworked budget proposal to legislative leaders Friday night and explained it to The Associated Press on Saturday.
A CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTY WAS INVOLVED IN A FATAL CRASH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. STATE POLICE SAY THE ON-DUTY DEPUTY WAS DRIVING EAST ON L-A TWELVE IN A FORD EXPLORER, WHICH BELONGED TO THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE, WHEN THE DRIVER OF PICKUP COMING SOUTH ON L-A ONE-OH-NINE FAILED TO YIELD AT THE STOP SIGN, CAUSING A COLLISION. THE DRIVER OF THE PICKUP TRUCK, FIFTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD PAULA R. BREAUX ORTEGO OF STARKS, WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. THE SHERIFF’S DEPUTY WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH MINOR INJURIES.
TWO PEOPLE WERE SHOT AT A GAS STATION IN GRAND COTEAU. POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE SHORTLY BEFOR NINE LAST NIGHT. ALL THEY ARE SAYING AT THIS TIME IS THAT THE VICTIMS WERE A MAN AND A WOMAN. POLICE ARE STILL INVESTIGATING THE SHOOTING WHICH HAPPENED AT A GAS STATION ON ST. CHARLES STREET IN GRAND COTEAU.
