7-16-20
A SUSPECT IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER BEING SHOT BY A LAFAYETTE POLICE OFFICER. STATE POLICE, WHO ARE INVESTIGATING THE SHOOTING, SAY THE POLICE PULLED OVER A MAN WANTED ON SEVERAL WARRANTS AND HE FLED ON FOOT. A LAFAYETTE POLICE SPOKESMAN SAYS THE MAN FIRED AT OFFICERS WHILE FLEEING AND THE OFFICERS RETURNED FIRE. NO OFFICERS WERE INJURED.
THE ST. LANDRY PARISH SCHOOL BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED STARTING SCHOOL VIRTUALLY THIS YEAR BEGINNING AUGUST TWENTIETH. SUPERINTENDENT PATRICK JENKINS SAYS THERE ARE CHALLENGES AHEAD INCLUDING MAKING SURE EACH STUDENT HAS A COMPUTER. PARENTS AND TEACHERS LOBBIED THE BOARD TO START SCHOOL ONLINE BECAUSE OF THE CORONAVIRUS. KINDERGARTEN THROUGH TWELFTH GRADE STUDENTS WILL GO TO SCHOOL VIRTUALLY FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.
THE ACADIA PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM HAS ISSUED LETTERS TO PARENTS OF STUDENTS SHOWING THE RESTART PLANS, WHICH WILL BE BASED ON THE GOVERNOR’S DECLARATION OF PHASED OPENINGS. SUPERINTENDENT SCOTT RICHARD SAYS THE PLANS WERE DEVELOPED FROM SCHOOL SYSTEM LEADERSHIP, SCHOOL-BASED LEADERSHIP TEAMS, LEGAL COUNSEL, MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AND PARENTAL INPUT. THE PLAN INCLUDES TRADITIONAL, DISTANCE OR REMOTE LEARNING AND A VIRTUAL ACADEMY. A SCHOOL CALENDAR HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED AND THE START DATE FOR THE NEW YEAR IS AUGUST SEVENTEENTH.
LOUISIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF LANDRY HAS WEIGHED IN ON THE MASK MANDATE ISSUED BY GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS. CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS MORE.
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THERE ARE MORE THAN TWO THOUSAND NEW CASES OF CORONAVIRUS IN YESTERDAY’S REPORT FROM THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. THAT PUSHES THE TOTAL ABOVE EIGHTY-FOUR THOUSAND. THERE ARE FOURTEEN MORE DEATHS FROM COVID-NINETEEN. THE TOTAL IS NOW THREE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE.
ACADIANA ADDED FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT MORE CASES OF CORONAVIRUS, INCLUDING ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX IN LAFAYETTE PARISH. THE TOTAL IS NOW AT ELEVEN THOUSAND, SIX HUNDRED FORTY-THREE. THERE ARE TWO MORE DEATHS IN THE REGION, INCLUDING ONE EACH IN IBERIA AND EVANGELINE PARISHES. THE TOTAL IS TWO HUNDRED NINETY-TWO.
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ALSO ADDED TWO MORE DEATHS, BOTH IN CALCASIEU PARISH. THE TOTAL IS NOW ONE HUNDRED ELEVEN. THERE ARE THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE MORE CASES OF CORONAVIRUS IN THE REGION, INCLUDING TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY IN CALCASIEU PARISH. THE TOTAL IS FIVE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED ONE.
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. has a contract for up to $36 million worth of work on B-52 parts at its repair plant in Lake Charles. The Air Force contract is among those listed Wednesday by the Pentagon. The company was hired to repair 174 removable engine coverings called nose cowls for the B-52 bombers. The work in Lake Charles is to be completed by July 2021.
