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5-19-21

THIS MORNING, THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM DECIDED TO CANCEL CLASSES FOR TODAY.  JEFF DAVIS AND CALCASIEU PARISH SCHOOLS ARE ALSO CLOSED.  TEACHERS IN JEFF DAVIS PARISH WILL UTILIZE GOOGLE CLASSROOM TO ENGAGE STUDENTS DURING THIS TIME.

 

SOME CARENCRO RESIDENTS ARE FRUSTRATED THEY ARE ONCE AGAIN GETTING WATER OUT OF THEIR HOMES.  CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS THE DETAILS.

 

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THE VERMILLION RIVER IS CLOSE TO CRESTING, ACCORDING TO HOMER STELLY, THE VERMILLION PARISH DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.  HE SAYS THEY ARE WATCHING WEATHER PATTERNS AND PREPARING TO LEND ASSISTANCE WHEREVER AND WHENEVER IT’S NEEDED.  HE ASKS RESIDENTS TO PAY ATTENTION TO ALERTS FROM HIS OFFICE.  STELLY SAYS RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD GET SANDBAGS NOW.  FOR A LIST OF SANDBAG LOCATIONS IN VERMILLION PARISH AND ELSEWHERE IN THE LISTENING AREA, GO TO KAJN-DOT-COM.

 

TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH IS HOUSING SOME LAKE CHARLES RESIDENTS DISPLACED BY FLOODWATERS.  PASTOR STEVE JAMES SAYS THEY WERE ASKED BY THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE FOR HELP AND THEY DECIDED TO OPEN UP THEIR GYM FACILITIES.  SOME AREAS OF LAKE CHARLES WERE HIT BY MORE THAN FIFTEEN INCHES OF RAIN MONDAY.  ONE PERSON WHO IS STAYING AT THE CHURCH, LENA SINGLETON, TELLS KPLC-TV THAT SHE HAD FOUR FEET OF WATER IN HER HOUSE AND CALLED IT A HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE, ESPECIALLY AFTER HURRICANES LAURA AND DELTA LAST YEAR.

 

LAST NIGHT THE LAFAYETTE CITY AND PARISH COUNCILS APPROVED TEN-POINT-SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS FOR DRAINAGE PROJECTS.  MAYOR PRESIDENT JOSH GUILLORY SAYS THE DRAINAGE SITUATION THEY ARE FACING IN THE PARISH IS A LONG TERM PROBLEM THAT THEY ARE DEDICATED TO FIXING.  ON MONDAY AFTERNOON, NEARLY SEVEN INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN JUST A FEW HOURS LEADING POLICE AND FIRE FIGHTERS TO RESPOND TO THREE HUNDRED FORTY-ONE WEATHER-RELATED CALLS.  PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR CHAD NEPVEAUX TELLS KLFY TV THEY ARE WATCHING THE WEATHER TO MAKE SURE WHAT HAPPENED DOESN’T HAPPEN AGAIN BECAUSE RIVERS ARE FULL AND TO CAPACITY.

 

Louisiana state Rep. Ray Garofalo is out of his legislative leadership position after weeks of racial tensions stemming from his handling of a bill that sought to limit classroom discussions about racism. The Republican lawmaker Tuesday said he was removed as chairman of the House Education Committee and accused GOP House Speaker Clay Schexnayder of “sacrificing” him to satisfy Black lawmakers. The House’s second-ranking Republican, Rep. Tanner Magee, said Garofalo was asked to temporarily step down for the rest of the legislative session, but not for the full term. The Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus had called for Garofalo’s ejection from the chairman’s job.

 

THE INTERNATIONAL RICE FESTIVAL IN CROWLEY IS RETURNING THIS FALL.  IT WAS CANCELLED LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF THE CORONOVIRUS PANDEMIC.  IT WILL TAKE PLACE THIS YEAR OCTOBER FOURTEENTH THROUGH SEVENTEENTH.

 

AFTER DROPPING BY THIRTY-ONE IN MONDAY’S REPORT FROM THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, COVID-NINETEEN HOSPITALIZATIONS ROSE BY NINETEEN YESTERDAY.  THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS EDGED UP BY ONE.  LOUISIANA HAD THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-THREE NEW CONFIRMED CASES, MOVING THE TOTAL PAST THREE HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE THOUSAND.  THERE WERE SEVEN MORE DEATHS STATEWIDE.

 

SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD NO NEW DEATHS.  ACADIANA HAD ONE MORE DEATH, WHICH WAS IN LAFAYETTE PARISH.  THERE WERE EIGHTY-THREE NEW CASES IN ACADIANA.  THAT INCLUDES TWENTY-ONE IN LAFAYETTE PARISH, WHICH MOVES THE TOTAL OVER TWENTY-ONE THOUSAND FOR THE FIRST TIME.  SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ADDED SIXTEEN NEW CASES, LED BY CALCASIEU PARISH WITH TWELVE.