6-3-20
THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RECORDED THIRTY-FIVE MORE DEATHS STATEWIDE FROM COVID-NINETEEN. THE TOTAL HAS REACHED TWO THOUSAND, SEVEN-HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE. THERE ARE THREE-HUNDRED EIGHTY-SEVEN MORE CORONAVIRUS CASES AND THE TOTAL NOW STANDS AT FORTY-ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE. THE NUMBER OF COVID-NINETEEN PATIENTS IN HOSPITALS CONTINUES TO DROP. THERE ARE TWENTY-TWO FEWER PATIENTS AND THE TOTAL IS SIX HUNDRED SEVENTEEN. HOWEVER, THERE ARE THREE MORE PATIENTS THAT ARE USING VENTILATORS.
ACADIANA REPORTED FIFTY-NINE MORE CASES OF CORONAVIRUS. THAT INCLUDES EIGHTEEN EACH IN LAFAYETTE AND ACADIA PARISHES. THE TOTAL IS TWO THOUSAND, SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVEN. THERE ARE THREE MORE DEATHS IN THE REGION INCLUDING TWO IN ACADIA PARISH AND ONE IN ST. MARY PARISH. THE TOTAL IS TWO HUNDRED FOUR.
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD FIFTEEN MORE CORONAVIRUS CASES, INCLUDING TWELVE IN BEAUREGARD PARISH. THE TOTAL IS NINE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE. FOR THE FOURTH DAY IN A ROW, SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA DID NOT RECORD ANY ADDITIONAL DEATHS. THE TOTAL STANDS AT SEVENTY.
ABBEVILLE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE SHOOTING DEATH OF A TWENTY-YEAR-OLD MAN EARLY TUESDAY. THE VICTIM’S FAMILY HAS TOLD KLFY TV THAT THE NAME OF THE MAN WAS AARON WALLACE AND HE WAS WALKING HOME ON EAST OAK STREET WHEN HE WAS SHOT. HIS AUNT, ANGELNIC BECKETT, SAYS SHE IS LEANING ON THE BIBLE VERSE, ROMAN’S 12:19, AND LEAVING VENGEANCE TO THE LORD. ABBEVILLE POLICE ARE ASKING ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT AARON WALLACE’S DEATH TO LEAVE A TIP AT 892-67-77 AND YOU CAN REMAIN ANONYMOUS.
Louisiana lawmakers have resumed work on piecing together a budget. Their biggest unresolved financial question centers not on the coronavirus pandemic, but on how much they’ll want to give businesses in tax breaks to help them recover from the outbreak. The majority-Republican House and Senate called themselves into a 30-day special session that began immediately after their regular session adjourned Monday evening. The session’s aim is both to finish crafting a $30 billion-plus operating budget, but also to consider tax credits, exemptions and suspensions for businesses that were shuttered or forced to reduce operations since March because of the COVID-19 disease caused by the coronavirus.
CONTINUED CUTS WITHIN THE LAFAYETTE CITY GOVERNMENT HAS LED ONE DEPARTMENT HEAD TO PART WAYS WITH THE ADMINISTRATION. CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS MORE.
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ANOTHER PEACEFUL PROTEST WAS HELD IN LAKE CHARLES LAST NIGHT. THE FIRST ONE WAS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. IT STARTED AT THE COURTHOUSE, WHERE PROTESTERS CHANTED GEORGE FLOYD’S NAME AND THEN HELD A MOMENT OF SILENCE. THEY THEN MARCHED DOWN RYAN STREET TO MARKET BASKET, CHANTING DIFFERENT SLOGANS SUCH AS “HANDS UP DON’T SHOOT”, “NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE” AND “I CAN’T BREATHE.”
THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS ASKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN APPREHENDING BRADLEY JAKE DRISKELL. HE IS WANTED FOR ARMED ROBBERY AND AGGRAVATED SECOND DEGREE BATTERY, WHICH HAPPENED ON MAY EIGHTEENTH. THE THIRTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD DRISKEL IS WHITE, SIX-ONE, ONE-HUNDRED-SIXTY-FIVE POUNDS,WITH BROWN HAIR AND BLUE EYES. THE CRIME STOPPERS PHONE NUMBER FOR ACADIA PARISH IS 789-TIPS, WHERE UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLAR REWARD IS BEING OFFERED FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO AN ARREST.
