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6-26-20

A group of conservative House Republican lawmakers is restarting a stalled effort to override Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards’ disaster orders enacted because of COVID-19. The bid to remove Louisiana’s state of emergency and reopen everything without restrictions comes amid a recent spike in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations. The Republicans say the Democratic governor’s decision to continue restrictions on businesses and churches for another 28 days spurred renewed interest in the petition circulated by Shreveport Republican Rep. Alan Seabaugh. It requires signatures from a majority of the House or Senate to revoke the state of emergency.

 

THERE CONTINUES TO BE A MAJOR INCREASE IN CORONAVIRUS CASES IN LOUISIANA.  THE NUMBER FOR YESTERDAY INCREASED BY NINE HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT TO A TOTAL OF FIFTY-THREE THOUSAND, FOUR HUNDRED FIFTEEN.  HOSPITALIZATIONS ALSO WENT UP BY TWENTY-TWO.  THERE ARE TWELVE MORE DEATHS FROM COVID-NINETEEN.  THE TOTAL IS THREE THOUSAND FIFTY-NINE.

 

HOSPITALIZATIONS IN ACADIANA HAVE MORE THAN DOUBLED OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS AND ARE THE HIGHEST SINCE MAY FOURTH.  THERE ARE EIGHTY-SEVEN PEOPLE HOSPITALIZED IN REGION FOUR AS OF YESTERDAY.  REGION FOUR IS COMPRISED OF SEVEN ACADIANA PARISHES.  ACADIANA SAW ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR NEW CASES, INCLUDING SIXTY-NINE IN LAFAYETTE PARISH.  THERE WERE TWO MORE COVID NINETEEN DEATHS FOR ACADIANA.  THAT INCLUDED ONE EACH IN LAFAYETTE AND IBERIA PARISHES, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DEATHS TO TWO HUNDRED FORTY-ONE.

 

SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ADDED EIGHTY-NINE CASES OF CORONAVIRUS, MOVING THE TOTAL FOR THE REGION OVER EIGHTEEN-HUNDRED.  CALCASIEU PARISH HAD FIFTY-ONE MORE CASES.  THRE WERE NO MORE DEATHS IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA.  THE TOTAL STANDS AT SEVENTY-NINE.

 

THE EVANGELINE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS LOOKING FOR A FORTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO WAS LAST SEEN BY HIS GIRLFRIEND AT ONE A-M ON TUESDAY.  THE GIRLFRIEND SAID DANIEL YOUNG JUNIOR LEFT THEIR RESIDENCE IN A GRAY FOUR DOUR CREW CAB GMC SIERRA PICKUP.  THERE WERE THREE AFTER MARKET RIMS AND TIRES ON THE TRUCK WITH THE FOURTH AN UNMATCHED SPARE TIRE.  IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION OR HAVE COME IN CONTACT WITH YOUNG, YOU’RE ASKED TO CONTACT THE EVANGELINE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION AT 363-21-61.

 

A WOMAN WHO SHOWED JAMIE BERGERON’S RACIAL POSTS SAYS SHE’S RECEIVING DEATH THREATS.  SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.

 

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MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY HAS DECIDED AGAINST HOLDING AN ORIENTATION SESSION FOR FRESHMAN THIS WEEK BECAUSE OF THE CORONAVIRUS.  TOBY OSBURN, WHO IS THE ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT FOR ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT, SAYS INSTEAD THEY WILL HAVE THREE SINGLE DAY EVENTS IN AUGUST, RIGHT BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THE FALL SESSION.  EACH SESSION WILL BE HELD FOR ONE DAY RATHER THAN TWO WITH AN OVERNIGHT STAY.  OSBURN SAYS THE SESSIONS WILL HAVE SMALLER GROUP SIZES, LESS MATERIAL COVERED AND THE PRICE FOR THE SESSIONS WILL BE REDUCED.

 

IT TOOK FIFTEEN MINUTES FOR IBERIA PARISH FIRE FIGHTERS TO BRING A MOBILE HOME FIRE UNDER CONTROL YESTERDAY MORNING.  WHEN FIRE FIGHTERS RESPONDED TO THE FORTY-NINE HUNDRED BLOCK OF RUTTEN RILL ROAD, FLAMES WERE COMING OUT A BEDROOM WINDOW.  IBERIA PARISH FIRE DISTRICT ONE SAID IN A FACEBOOK POST THAT THIS IS THE THIRTEENTH STRUCTURE FIRE FOR THIS YEAR.