6-27-19
RICE FARMERS AND PRODUCERS FROM THE REGION WERE IN
ATTENDANCE IN GOOD NUMBERS YESTERDAY AT THE ANNUAL
RICE FIELD DAY AT THE CROWLEY ROUSE CAFFEY RICE RESEARCH CENTER. THOSE IN ATTENDANCE LEARNED ABOUT
ONGOING RICE RSEARCH BEING CONDUCTED TO HELP THEM
GROW A HARDIER CROP. THERE WERE ALSO PRESENTATIONS
ON CONTROLLING WEEDS AND DISEASES AND BREEDING
TECHNOLOGIES IN RICE.
A STATEWIDE OUTBREAK OF HEPATITIS IS CONTINUING TO GROW ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS FROM THE LA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. AS OF JUNE 21ST LOUISIANA HAS 305 REPORTED CASES OF HAV INFECTIONS. THE DEPARTMENT HAS REPORTED ONE DEATH AS A RESULT OF THE VIRIS. AT LEAST ONE CASE HAS
BEEN REPORTED IN ACADIA, LAFAYETTE, CALCASIEU, ST LANDRY
ST MARY, AND ALLEN. THE HARDES HIT AREA IS LIVINGSTON PARISH WITH BETWEEN 76 & 90 CASES. HEPATITIS A IS A HIGHLY
CONTAGIOUS LIVER INFECTION CAUSED BY THE HEPATITIS A
VIRIS. IT IS VACCINE-PREVENTABLE. THE DISEASE IS EASILY
SPREAD THROUGH CLOSE CONTACT AS WELL AS SHARING
INJECTION AND NON INJECTION DRUGS.
COUNTERFEIT MONEY IS BEING FOUND IN OUR AREA. EUNICE HAS SEEN A
FLURRY OF COUNTERFEIT $100.00 BILL ACTIVITY. IN MORSE OFFICIALS REPORT A INFLUX OF $20.00 BOGUS BILLS. IF YOU SUSPECT SOMEONE IS TRYING TO PASS A BOGUS BILL CONTACT YOUR LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT.
MEGAN KELLY REPORTS ON BEACH CLOSURES IN THE CALCAUSIEU AREA.
15TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY KEITH STUTES HAS ANNOUNCED THAT HE WILL NOT RUN FOR RE-ELLECTION IN 2020. STUTES HAS WORKED FOR 35 YEARS IN THE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS OFFICE THAT INCLUDES LAFYETTE, ACADIA AND VERMILLION. STUTES ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY, DANIEL LANDRY III HAS INFORMALLY HE WILL BE A CANDIDATE FOR THE POST.
DELFIN LNG LLC HAS ANNOUNCED A DELAY IN A MAJOR PROJECT THAT
WOULD BUILD A FLOATING LIQUEFACTION VESSES AND EXPORT TERMINAL
IN CAMERON PARISH. THE COMPANY SAYS THAT THE LNG PROJECT IS
BEING DELAYED BECAUSE OF THE DETAILED NATURE OF THE ENGINEERING
DESIGN OF OFFSHORE FACILITIES AND THE COMPLEXITY OF DEVELOPING
NECESSARY ARRANGEMENTS. THE DELFIN FACILITIES COULD PRODUCE UP
TO 13 MILLION TONS OF LNG PER YEAR ACROSS FOUR FLOATING VESSELS ABOUT 50 MILES OFF THE LOUISIANA COAST.
THE US SUPREME COURT IS EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE TWO MAJOR DECISIONS TODAY. ONE OF THOSE DECISIONS INVOLVES
WHETHER THE UPCOMING CENSUS CAN INCLUDE A QUESTION THAT DEALS WITH A PERSONS CITIZENSHIP.
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CONGRESSMAN STEVE SCALISE WAS BACK ON THE BASEBALL
FIELD LAST NIGHT. STEVE WAS THE LEADOFF HITTER FOR
REPUBLICIANS IN THE ANNUAL CONGRESSIONAL BASEBALL GAME. YOU WILL RECALL HE NARROWLY SURVIVED A MASS
SHOOTING TWO YEARS AGO. WITH AN ERROR OON A 3-2 COUNT
SCALISE ADVANCED TO FIRST BASE.
