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7-21-21

ON TUESDAY, MORE THAN FIFTEEN HUNDRED NEW CASES OF CORONAVIRUS AND TWENTY NEW DEATHS WERE REPORTED STATEWIDE BY THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.  SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.

 

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ACADIANA’S LARGEST HOSPITAL SYSTEM IS SEEING COVID-NINETEEN HOSPITALIZATIONS UP FIVE TIMES ABOVE THE RECENT AVERAGE.  CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER AMANDA LOGUE SAYS THEIR FIVE HOSPITALS IN THE REGION HAVE FIFTY COVID-NINETEEN PATIENTS AS OF YESTERDAY, COMPARED TO THE AVERAGE OF TEN THEY HAD IN THE MONTHS FOLLOWING THE WINTER SURGE.  SHE SAYS THE AVERAGE AGE OF THE PATIENTS IS FIFTY-THREE YEARS-OLD, WHICH IS TEN TO FIFTEEN YEARS YOUNGER THAN WHAT HAS BEEN TYPICAL OVER THE PAST YEAR.  LOGUE SAYS ABOUT TEN PERCENT OF THE PATIENTS THEY HAVE SEEN WERE VACCINATED.

 

AUTHORITIES IN SAINT LANDRY PARISH HAVE RECOVERED THE BODY OF A TEENAGER, WHO WAS THROWN OFF A HORSE AND WAS FLUNG INTO A RETENTION POND NEAR BEAU CHENE HIGH SCHOOL.  SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.

 

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THERE HAVE BEEN FIFTY SEVEN FATAL OVERDOSES IN CALCASIEU PARISH SO FAR THIS YEAR, COMPARED TO FIFTY-TWO ALL OF LAST YEAR.  THE OFFICE’S CHIEF INVESTIGATOR CHARLIE HUNTER SAYS THAT THE TOTAL FOR THIS YEAR WILL REACH ONE HUNDRED TWENTY, IF THE CURRENT TREND CONTINUES.  HE SAYS THE COMMON DENOMINATOR IN THE OVERDOSE DEATHS IS THE OPIOD FENTANYL, WHICH IS VERY POWERFUL.  HUNTER SAYS COMMON DRUGS, LIKE COCAINE, HEROINE AND HARD PRESSED PILLS, ARE INCREASINGLY LACED WITH FENTANYL.

 

Louisiana state senators have narrowly voted to overturn Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards’ rejection of a bill prohibiting transgender students, who were born male, from participating on female school sports. The vote came Tuesday on the opening day of the first veto session under the state’s nearly 50-year-old constitution. Senators voted 26-12 for the veto override. That was the exact number of votes needed. The debate now shifts to the House, but senators blocked efforts to override a separate measure that would remove the permitting requirements required to have a concealed handgun in Louisiana.

 

THE LAFAYETTE CITY COUNCIL YESTERDAY VOTED TO GIVE ONE MILLION DOLLARS  TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND UPGRADES TO PARKS AND RECREATION.  CULTURE DIRECTOR HOLLIS CONWAY SAYS THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OF THAT WILL BE USED TO TURF FABACHER FIELD, WHICH WILL HELP REDUCE MAINTENANCE COSTS.  HE SAYS ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WILL BE USED TO UPGRADE THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS AT SOME REC CENTERS TO AN ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.  CONWAY SAYS A LOT OF MONEY IS WASTED BY RUNNING AIR WHEN NO ONE IS THERE BUT THE NEW SYSTEM WILL REGULATE AIR AND HEATING USAGE.

 

A BREAUX BRIDGE HOME WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE MONDAY AFTERNOON, BUT THE FAMILY INSIDE, TWO SISTERS AND THREE SMALL CHILDREN, MANAGED TO MAKE IT OUT SAFELY.  THAWANNA JEAN BAPTISTE TELLS KLFY TV TEN THAT HER SISTERS HAD TO FEEL AROUND AND FIND THE CHILDREN BECAUSE OF THE THICK SMOKE, BUT DID SO AND MADE IT OUTSIDE WITHOUT INJURY.  THERE WAS NO HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE.  THAWANNA HAS SET UP A GOFUNDME FUNDRAISER FOR THE FAMILY.

 

THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS HOSTING A BLOOD DRIVE CONDUCTED BY OUR LADY OF LOURDE’S HOSPITAL.  THE BLOOD DRIVE IS FROM ONE TO FIVE THIS AFTERNOON AT THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE, LOCATED AT TEN-THIRTY-SEVEN CAPITOL AVENUE IN CROWLEY.  THOSE DONATING ARE ASKED TO EAT BEFORE GIVING BLOOD, THEY MUST BRING A PICTURE I-D AND WEAR A FACE MASK.  THE BLOOD DRIVE IS HELPING OUR LADY OF LOURDES, WHICH IS DEALING WITH A SHORTAGE OF BLOOD AND PLATELETS.