5-27-20
LOUISIANA HAD ELEVEN MORE DEATHS FROM COVID-NINETEEN AS THE TOTAL APPROACHES TWO THOUSAND, SIX HUNDRED. THERE WERE JUST TWO HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE MORE CORONAVIRUS CASES. THE STATE NOW HAS MORE THAN THIRTY-EIGHT THOUSAND. THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS WENT DOWN BY SIXTEEN TO EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE WHILE THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS INCREASED BY ONE.
THERE ARE SIXTEEN MORE CORONAVIRUS CASES IN ACADIANA FOR A TOTAL OF TWO THOUSAND, FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX. HOWEVER, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAS REPORTED NINETY-SIX MORE CASES IN ACADIA PARISH WHILE AT THE SAME TIME DECREASING THE NUMBER OF CASES IN EVANGELINE PARISH BY 91. IT TURNED OUT SOME CASE FILES IN ACADIA PARISH HAD WRONGLY BEEN CODED TO EVANGELINE PARISH. OFFICIALS SAY THE SITUATION IN ACADIA PARISH, WHERE CASES HAVE INCREASED BY ONE HUNDRED FORTY-EIGHT PERCENT IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS, IS DUE TO OUTBREAKS AT WORK SITES. THERE WERE NO ADDITIONAL DEATHS FOR ACADIANA.
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAS EIGHT MORE CORONAVIRUS CASES, ALL IN CALCASIEU AND ALLEN PARISHES. THE TOTAL IS EIGHT-HUNDRED EIGHTY-NINE. THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL DEATHS. THE REGION HAS SIXTY-FIVE TOTAL DEATHS FROM COVID-NINETEEN.
TWO PROMINENT PEOPLE IN ACADIANA HAVE DIED. CHEF ROY LYONS, WHO FOUNDED CHEF ROY’S FROG CITY CAFÉ IN RAYNE, HAS DIED AFTER TESTING POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS EARLIER THIS MONTH. A MEMORIAL SERVICE IS PLANNED FOR ELEVEN A-M ON JUNE TWENTIETH AT ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH IN MIRE. ALSO, NINETY-THREE-YEAR-OLD TOM BUTCHER PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT HIS HOME YESTERDAY. HE, ALONG WITH HIS BROTHERS FOUNDED BUTCHER AIR CONDITIONING.
The Louisiana House has backed a $30 billion-plus spending plan for next year that uses federal coronavirus aid to keep programs and services on an even keel despite the pandemic. The package of budget bills was approved Tuesday in a quick afternoon of House votes rather than the day-long debate of years past. The bills head to the Senate for debate with one week remaining in the regular legislative session. The Legislature is expected to finish the budget in a special session that starts immediately after the regular session ends Monday.
THE LAFAYETTE MAYOR PRESIDENT, JOSH GUILLORY, SAYS HE’D LIKE TO SEE MORE FEDERAL FUNDS SENT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. GERALD GREUNIG HAS MORE.
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LAST NIGHT THE CALCASIEU PARISH SCHOOL BOARD’S FISCAL COMMITTEE PASSED A RECONFIGURATION PLAN THAT GOES BEFORE THE FULL BOARD ON JUNE NINTH. THE ORIGINAL PLAN HAD J-D CLIFTON AND T-H WATKINS BECOMING KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FIFTH GRADE SCHOOLS WHILE JOHN F. KENNEDY AND COMBRE FONDEL TRANSITION TO EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERS. REVEREND DESMOND WALLACE PITCHED AN ALTERNATIVE PLAN THAT WOULD REZONE RATHER THAN RECONFIGURE. IN THE END, THE COMMITTEE VOTED TO MAKE JOHN F. KENNEDY, T-H WATKINS AND COMBRE FONDEL KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FIFTH GRADE SCHOOLS WHILE THE J-D CLIFTON SCHOOL WOULD BECOME AN EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER.
THE PERSON KILLED IN A MOBILE HOME FIRE IN VILLE PLATTE SUNDAY NIGHT IS BELIEVED TO BE THE OWNER, A FIFTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD WOMAN. HOWEVER, THE BODY WAS BURNED SO BADLY, INVESTIGATORS HAVE NOT YET CONFIRMED THE IDENTITY. THEY BELIEVE THE FIRE STARTED IN THE LIVING ROOM BUT HAVE NOT YET DETERMINED WHAT CAUSED IT. THE VICTIM’S I-D AND PRELIMINARY CAUSE OF DEATH ARE PENDING WITH THE EVANGELINE PARISH CORONER’S OFFICE.
