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8-11-21

Louisiana’s top health officer says the peak of the state’s latest coronavirus surge may be weeks away. Dr. Joseph Kanter said that could be a “catastrophic” scenario for hospitals already overrun with COVID-19 patients. He says facilities are increasingly having to turn away people with other life-threatening emergencies such as heart attacks or strokes. More than 6,000 new statewide infections were reported Tuesday, with 93 more deaths. Hospitalizations set another daily record at 2,859.

 

SEVERAL INMATES AT THE IBERIA PARISH JAIL HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-NINETEEN.  CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS MORE.

 

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THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE HAS USED TWO-POINT-SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS IN FEDERAL FUNDING IT RECEIVED TO ERASE STUDENT DEBT.  THE UNIVERSITY RECEIVED MORE THAN SEVENTEEN MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE HIGHER EDUCATION EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND, WHICH WAS PART OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN SIGNED INTO LAW IN MARCH.  DEWAYNE BOWIE, THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT, SAYS IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE, THE STUDENT HAD TO BE ENROLLED AT THE UNIVERSITY ON OR AFTER MARCH THIRTEENTH OF TWENTY-TWENTY AND THE STUDENT DEBT OWED TO THE UNIVERSITY WAS FORGIVEN IN FULL.  HE SAYS THE STUDENTS WHO HAD THEIR DEBT ERASED HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.

 

THE JEFF DAVIS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE FILED A REQUEST WITH THE LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION FOR A TEMPORARY RATE INCREASE.  THAT’S BECAUSE OF LAST YEAR’S HURRICANES THAT DESTROYED STEEL TRANSMISSION TOWERS AND DOWNED FIFTEEN HUNDRED MILES OF POWER LINES, ACCORDING TO A FACEBOOK POST BY THE COMPANY.  THE COOP SAYS THE RATE INCREASE WILL HELP THEM TO OPERATE JUST ABOVE A BREAK EVEN BASIS.  IF APPROVED, THE AVERAGE CUSTOMER BILL WILL INCREASE BY ABOUT TEN DOLLARS A MONTH.

 

The Republican attorneys general of Louisiana and Alabama are inviting people to submit complaints if they believe they have been censored on social media platforms. Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall on Tuesday launched an initiative they said is aimed at addressing censorship on social media platforms. They put a form on their websites for people to submit complaints about  if they believe they have faced “social media censorship.”   Landry said the reports will be kept confidential and reviewed for violations of state and federal law.

 

A MOBILE HOME, LOCATED IN THE ONE HUNDRED BLOCK OF AMITE DRIVE IN LAFAYETTE, WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE YESTERDAY MORNING.  WHEN FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED, THE MOBILE HOME, AN R-V AND SEVERAL PILES OF TRASH WERE BURNING.  FIFTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD TRENT ROMERO WAS NOT HOME WHEN THE FIRE STARTED AND, FROM WHAT HE UNDERSTANDS, SOMEONE HAD A FIRE GOING AND IT CAUGHT ONTO THE TRAILER.  ROMERO SAYS HE HAS NO INSURANCE AND IS LIVING IN A NEIGHBOR’S SHED UNTIL HE CAN FIGURE WHAT TO DO.

 

ACADIA PARISH CRIMESTOPPERS IS SEEKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP WITH AN UNSOLVED HOMOCIDE THAT HAPPENED MAY TWENTY-SIXTH.  CHESSIRAY CLARK DIED AT THE WESTWOOD APARTMENT COMPLEX IN CROWLEY AFTER BEING SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES.  AN UNIDENTIFIED TEENAGER OR YOUNG ADULT WAS SEEN SHOOTING CLARK AND THEN FLED IN AN UNKNOWN VEHICLE.  ANYONE WITH INFORMATION CAN CALL SEVEN-EIGHT-NINE-TIPS WHERE UP TO A TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR CASH REWARD IS BEING OFFERED FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO AN ARREST.

 

RAYNE POLICE ARE ASKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP TO LOCATE A MISSING MAN.  FAMILY MEMBERS SAY THEY HAVE HAD NO CONTACT WITH THIRTY-YEAR-OLD DEION HOLLIER SINCE TUESDAY, AUGUST THIRD.  ANYONE WHO KNOWS THE LOCATION OF HOLLIER IS ASKED TO CALL DETECTIVE TRAVIS GUIDRY AT THE RAYNE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR YOU CAN CALL SEVEN-EIGHT-EIGHT-TIPS.  ALL CALLERS CAN REMAIN ANONYMOUS.