5-21-21
POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED IN NEW IBERIA ON THURSDAY. CAROLINE MARCELLO REPORTS.
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THE LAFAYETTE CITY COUNCIL MET IN AN EMERGENCY MEETING TO VOTE ON AN AMENDMENT TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. MAYOR PRESIDENT JOSH GUILLORY ASKED THE COUNCIL TO DEDICATE ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR DRAINAGE PROJECTS. THE COUNCIL APPROVED AN EMERGENCY AMENDMENT SETTING ASIDE TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS FOR A LIST OF PROJECTS. THE BIGGEST WAS FIVE MILLION DOLLARS FOR SPOT DREDGING ON THE VERMILLION RIVER AND ANOTHER FIVE MILLION FOR LOCALIZED FLOOD MITIGATION.
HIGH WATER RESCUES CONTINUED LAST NIGHT IN PARTS OF CALCASIEU PARISH AND ESPECIALLY IN THE VINTON AREA. HOMES IN A MILE LONG STRETCH OF STEWART ROAD OUTSIDE VINTON WERE FLOODED. ONE RESIDENT, BRIAN MONCEAUX, TOLD KPLC TV THAT THE WATER CAME UP TO HIS WAIST AND HAS RUINED TWO PICKUP TRUCKS AND A CAMPER HE OWNS. SHERIFF TONY MANCUSO SAYS THE MIX OF HEAVY RAINS AND THE FLOOD GATES OPENED AT TOLEDO BEND LED TO THE FLOODING THEY HAD LAST NIGHT.
THE LAFAYETTE FIRE DEPARTMENT’S HAZMAT TEAM HAD TO HELP REPAIR A GAS LINE IN SCOTT. IT WAS HIT WHILE SOMEONE WAS CLEARING DEBRIS FROM A CULVERT. MANY HAVE BEEN CLEARING CULVERTS IN ORDER TO HELP WITH DRAINAGE BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY RAINS THIS WEEK. THE SCOTT FIRE DEPARTMENT ISSUED A PRESS RELEASE ASKING RESIDENTS TO USE CAUTION WHEN CLEARING CULVERTS.
The Louisiana House has backed a complicated income tax swap that is the centerpiece of Republican legislative leaders’ bid to overhaul Louisiana’s tax structure. Thursday’s vote boosts the possibility that lawmakers can strike a final deal on the effort before time runs out in the legislative session. The constitutional amendment is part of a push to get rid of a tax deduction for federal income taxes paid in exchange for lowering personal income tax rates. It fell four votes short of passage Wednesday night, but won overwhelming support in a 98-2 vote Thursday after behind-the-scenes negotiations between Republican House leaders and Democrats who a day earlier worked to block passage.
CROWLEY POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A MAN IN CONNECTION WITH A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED LAST JULY THIRD IN THE WESTWOOD SUBDIVISION. KYSHAWN WILLIAMS IS BELIEVED TO BE AMONG FOUR SHOOTERS WHO ENTERED THE SUBDIVISION. THE THREE OTHER SUSPECTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ARRESTED. WILLIAMS AND THE THREE OTHERS ARE BELIEVED TO BELONG TO A GANG KNOWN AS R-V-C OR THE RHONE VILLAGE CREW.
LOUISIANA REPORTED THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVEN NEW CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-NINETEEN, ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. YESTERDAY’S REPORT SHOWS FOUR ADDITIONAL PATIENTS IN THE HOSPITALS WITH COVID-NINETEEN. THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS DECREASED BY ONE. THERE ARE SIX MORE DEATHS STATEWIDE.
ACADIANA HAD NO NEW DEATHS. SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD ONE DEATH, WHICH WAS IN CALCASIEU PARISH. THERE ARE NINETY-ONE NEW CONFIRMED COVID-NINETEEN CASES IN ACADIANA, LED BY LAFAYETTE PARISH WITH THIRTY-FOUR. TWENTY-THREE NEW CASES WERE REPORTED FOR SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA, INCLUDING SEVENTEEN IN CALCASIEU PARISH.
