8-10-20
THERE WERE FIFTY-SIX MORE DEATHS IN LOUISIANA FROM COVID-NINETEEN, ACCORDING TO YESTERDAY’S REPORT FROM THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, WHICH COVERS TWO DAYS SINCE A REPORT WAS NOT ISSUED ON SATURDAY. THE TOTAL IS NOW AT FOUR THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE. HOSPITALIZATIONS CONTINUE DOWNWARD WITH TWENTY-THREE FEWER, THOUGH THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS ROSE BY THREE. THERE WERE TWO THOUSAND, SIX HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE NEW CASES, MOVING THE TOTAL ABOVE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE THOUSAND.
ACADIANA HAD SIXTEEN MORE DEATHS, AS EVERY PARISH IN THE REGION ADDED TO THE TOTAL EXCEPT FOR VERMILLION PARISH. ACADIA PARISH HAD THE MOST WITH FOUR. THE TOTAL IS FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR. THERE WERE SIX HUNDRED TWO MORE CASES, WITH THE TOTAL MOVING PAST TWENTY-ONE THOUSAND.
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ADDED THREE MORE DEATHS, INCLUDING TWO IN JEFF DAVIS PARISH AND ONE IN BEAUREGARD PARISH. THE TOTAL IS TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE. THE REGION RECORDED ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT NEW CASES, INCLUDING SIXTY-THREE IN CALCASIEU PARISH. THE TOTAL IS ABOVE TEN THOUSAND FOR THE FIRST TIME.
A MAN IS WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH A DEADLY SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED IN NEW IBERIA YESTERDAY. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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Agriculture experts in Louisiana and Mississippi say the rice crop is looking good. Dustin Harrell, a rice specialist at the LSU Rice Research Station in Crowley, says Louisiana is about halfway through its harvest, and the pounds of rice per acre could at least tie the second highest yield. U.S. Agriculture Department statistics show Louisiana planted about 430,000 acres. Arkansas, with 1.4 million acres, leads the nation and California is second at 507,000 acres.
THE ANNUAL EVENT THAT KICKS OFF THE LOCAL DINING CAMPAIGN KNOWN AS EAT LAFAYETTE HAS BEEN CANCELED. THE TASTE OF EAT LAFAYETTE KICKOFF AND THE LOUISIANA SEAFOOD COOK-OFF WAS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE ON AUGUST TWENTY-FIFTH AT THE CAJUNDOME CONVENTION CENTER. BEN BERTHELOT, C-E-O OF LAFAYETTE TRAVEL, SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT THERE WAS NO POSSIBLE WAY TO HOST THE EVENT WITH THE STATE STILL IN PHASE TWO OF THE ECONOMIC OPENING. HE ASKED RESIDENTS TO CONTINUE TO EAT LAFAYETTE AND SUPPORT THE LOCALLY-OWNED RESTAURANTS IN THE PARISH.
WATER WILL BE SHUT OFF THIS MORNING AT NINE IN LAKE ARTHUR. THAT’S SO CREWS CAN MAKE REPAIRS TO A WATER WELL AND TWO FIRE HYDRANTS. ONCE THE WATER IS TURNED ON AGAIN, THE TOWN WILL BE UNDER A BOIL ADVISORY. THE STATE WILL CONDUCT WATER SAMPLES TO MAKE SURE COMPLIANCE STANDARDS ARE MET BEFORE THE BOIL ADVISORY IS LIFTED.
ONE TEENAGER WAS SHOT AND KILLED AND ANOTHER WAS WOUNDED A BLOCK FROM THE AMERICAN LEGION HALL IN PORT BARRE SATURDAY NIGHT. THE TEENS WERE IN THE BACKSEAT OF A VEHICLE THAT WAS ON THE WAY TO A PARTY AT THE AMERICAN LEGION HALL. POLICE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF SHUTTING DOWN THE PARTY BECAUSE IT WAS WAY OVER CAPACITY WHEN SHOTS RANG OUT. A SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD WAS SHOT IN THE BACK AND DIED WHILE A SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD WAS HIT IN THE LEG.
