5-25-20
THERE WERE ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-NINE MORE CASES OF CORONAVIRUS ON SUNDAY IN LOUISIANA. THE TOTAL IS NOW THIRTY-SEVEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-NINE. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RECORDED SEVEN MORE DEATHS IN THE STATE FOR A TOTAL OF TWO THOUSAND, FIVE-HUNDRED-SIXTY-SEVEN. THERE ARE 813 PEOPLE HOSPITALIZED BECAUSE OF THE CORONAVIRUS AND ONE HUNDRED TWO PEOPLE REQUIRING VENTILATORS.
THERE ARE TWO THOUSAND, THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY THREE CASES OF CORONAVIRUS IN ACADIANA. ACADIA, ST. MARY AND EVANGELINE PARISHES WERE THE ONLY ONES WITH NEW CASES. EVANGELINE HAS NEARLY DOUBLED THE AMOUNT OF CASES IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. ACADIA PARISH WAS THE ONLY PARISH WITH A NEW DEATH. THE TOTAL FOR ACADIANA IS ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE.
THERE WAS ONLY ONE NEW CASE OF CORONAVIRUS IN SOUTHWEST LOUSIANA, WHICH WAS IN CALCASIEU PARISH. THE TOTAL FOR THE REGION IS EIGHT-HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE. NO ADDITIONAL DEATHS WERE REPORTED. THE TOTAL DEATHS IS SIXTY-FOUR.
NEIGHBORHOOD-BASED COVID-NINETEEN TESTING IS COMING TO ACADIA PARISH. GERALD GREUNIG HAS THE DETAILS.
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Louisiana state senators have stalled a proposal that would cut the amount of money available to lawmakers to spend on the state’s general operating expenses. The Senate Finance Committee didn’t vote to kill Republican Rep. Rick Edmonds’ bill. Instead, senators didn’t take a vote, keeping the measure locked up in the committee. Only a week remains in the legislative session, so Friday’s move could shelve the idea.
YOUTH BASEBALL IS STARTING UP IN ACADIANA. THE 2D BASEBALL LEAGUE HELD ITS MEMORIAL DAY CLASSIC AT ST. JULIEN PARK IN BROUSSARD. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS WERE TAKEN. SOCIAL DISTANCING WAS ENFORCED INCLUDING NO HANDSHAKES BEFORE OR AFTER GAMES AND A MAXIMUM OF NINE PEOPLE WERE ALLOWED IN EACH DUGOUT.
JENNINGS POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY POINTED A GUN AT A K-F-C EMPLOYEE BECAUSE HE WAS UPSET THAT HIS ORDER WAS TAKING TOO LONG. POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE WHEN TERRANCE MUNDAY ALLEGEDLY MADE THE THREAT FROM A CAR IN THE DRIVE THRU. OFFICERS FOUND THE VEHICLE AT A GAS STATION NEXT DOOR AND, WHEN THEY TOLD THE OCCUPANTS TO SHOW THEIR HANDS, MUNDAY FLED FROM THE CAR INTO THE WOODS. THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO FIND MUNDAY AFTER A FOUR HOUR SEARCH INCLUDING USING DRONES BUT THEY DID FIND AN A-R FIFTEEN WITH AN OBLITERATED SERIAL NUMBER, TWO HANDGUNS AND MASKS IN THE BACK SEAT OF THE VEHICLE.
A FAMILY IN ST. LANDRY PARISH SURPRISED THEIR GRADUATING SENIOR WITH A PARADE. WILFREN CITIZEN IS GRADUATING FROM NORTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL. HIS FAMILY WANTED TO LET HIM KNOW THAT HIS HARD WORK DID NOT GO UNNOTICED. CITIZEN TELLS KATC HE WAS SHOCKED AT FIRST AND THEN GOT EMOTIONAL WHEN HE SAW FRIENDS AND FAMILY COMING AND HANDING OUT GIFTS.
