6-16-20
THE ACADIA PARISH SCHOOL BOARD IS BEGINNING TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT SCENARIOS FOR RETURNING STUDENTS TO CLASSES THIS FALL. SUPERINTENDENT SCOTT RICHARD SAYS THE TOP SCENARIO IS A REGULAR START ON AUGUST TWELFTH. HOWEVER, IF SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES ARE STILL IN PLACE, THEY WOULD CONSIDER ALTERNATING IN-PERSON APPEARANCES BY STUDENTS ON CERTAIN DAYS OF THE WEEK WITH REMOTE LEARNING ON OTHER DAYS. RICHARD SAYS THEY ARE ALSO CONSIDERING AN EMERGENCY PLAN IF ALL SCHOOLS CANNOT BE UTILIZED WHICH WOULD BE COMPLETE DISTANCE LEARNING.
OVER A DOZEN FIRE TRUCKS RESPONDED TO A HOUSE FIRE ON RICHFIELD ROAD IN DUSON. FIRE CHIEF COBY DUHON SAYS THAT WHEN THEY ARRIVED AT THE HOME IN THE TWENTY-ONE-HUNDRED BLOCK OF RICHFIELD ROAD, THE ATTIC WAS FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES AND THE HOMEOWNER WAS TRYING TO PUT THE FIRE OUT WITH A GARDEN HOSE. THE ROOF COLLAPSED BUT THE OCCUPANTS MANAGED TO MAKE IT OUT SAFELY. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
AN ONLINE PETITION HAS BEEN STARTED TO CHANGE THE NAME OF JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH. DAVIS WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERACY DURING THE CIVIL WAR. NICHOLAS GUIDRY STARTED THE PETITION AT CHANGE-DOT-ORG, WHICH SEEKS ONE HUNDRED SIGNATURES. GUIDRY SAYS HE’D LIKE TO CHANGE THE NAME BECAUSE DAVIS TOOK UP A CAUSE IN FAVOR OF THE OWNERSHIP OF HUMANS AND WANTS TO FIND A GOOD NAME MORE BEFITTING THE “WONDERFUL AND DIVERSE” POPULATION OF THE PARISH.
GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS SIGNED A PLAN SPENDING THREE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS IN FEDERAL CORONAVIRUS AID TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES RECOVER FROM THE PANDEMIC. CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS THE DETAILS.
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FOR THE SECOND DAY IN A ROW, THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED IN LOUISIANA INCREASED. SUNDAY THE TOTAL WENT UP BY FOURTEEN AND YESTERDAY, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RECORDED TWELVE MORE HOSPITALIZATIONS FOR A TOTAL OF FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT. THERE ARE FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE MORE CORONAVIRUS CASES IN THE STATE, RAISING THE TOTAL TO OVER FORTY-SEVEN THOUSAND, BUT JUST FIVE ADDITIONAL DEATHS.
ACADIANA HAD NO NEW DEATHS FROM COVID NINETEEN. THE TOTAL REMAINS AT TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX. THERE ARE NINETY-SEVEN MORE CORONAVIRUS CASES INCLUDING FIFTY-FOUR IN LAFAYETTE PARISH. THE TOTAL IS THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED SIXTEEN.
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD NO DEATHS FOR THE FOURTH DAY IN A ROW. THE TOTAL REMAINS AT SEVENTY-FOUR. THERE WERE TWENTY-FOUR MORE CORONAVIRUS CASES, INCLUDING SEVENTEEN IN CALCASIEU PARISH. THE TOTAL FOR THE REGION IS ONE THOUSAND, TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-EIGHT.
Records obtained by a Louisiana newspaper show a white officer, accused of beating a hospitalized black teenager, had been suspended at least four times for improper conduct during his 17-year police career. The records detailed by The Daily Advertiser show Opelousas Police Sgt. Tyron Andrepont’s disciplinary history included suspensions for use of force, offensive conduct and unbecoming conduct. Now he’s charged with malfeasance in office in last year’s assault of Jonah Coleman. The 18-year-old had been hospitalized at his parents’ request and was restrained in a bed when Andrepont allegedly beat him in the face and held him in a choke hold.
