8-13-20
ONE MAN IS DEAD AND ANOTHER IN JAIL FOLLOWING A SHOOTING IN LAFAYETTE. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS THE DETAILS.
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THERE ARE FORTY-ONE MORE DEATHS FROM COVID-NINETEEN IN LOUISIANA, ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. THE TOTAL IS NOW AT FOUR THOUSAND, TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-NINE. THE REPORT SHOWS ONE THOUSAND, ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE MORE CASES. THE TOTAL IS NOW UP TO ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND, FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE.
ACADIANA HAD SEVEN MORE COVID-NINETEEN DEATHS. ST. MARY PARISH HAD THE MOST WITH THREE, IBERIA PARISH HAS TWO AND THERE WAS ONE EACH IN ACADIA AND IBERIA PARISHES. THE TOTAL IS NEARING FIVE HUNDRED. ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-NINE MORE CASES OF COVID-NINETEEN MOVES THE TOTAL PAST TWENTY-TWO THOUSAND.
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD ONLY SIXTY-THREE MORE CASES OF COVID-NINETEEN INCLUDING THIRTY-SIX IN CALCASIEU PARISH. THE TOTAL IS TEN THOUSAND, THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-EIGHT. THERE ARE NINE DEATHS IN THE REGION, INCLUDING SEVEN IN CALCASIEU PARISH AND ONE EACH IN BEAUREGARD AND JEFF DAVIS PARISHES. THE TOTAL IS TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR.
THE FAMILY OF FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD VONTRE PHILLIPS OF CROWLEY ARE MOURNING THE TEENAGER AFTER HE WAS SHOT TO DEATH IN HIS BEDROOM EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. POLICE BELIEVE A PERSON WALKED UP TO THE HOUSE ON HARRY FUSELIER STREET AND FIRED SEVERAL SHOTS INTO PHILLIP’S BEDROOM, LOCATED IN THE BACK OF THE HOUSE. INVESTIGATORS ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE IF THERE WAS JUST ONE PERSON INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTING. POLICE CHIEF JIMMY BROUSSARD IS OPTIMISTIC THAT THEY WILL FIND THE SUSPECT OR SUSPECTS BECAUSE THEY HAVE RECEIVED A NUMBER OF TIPS.
The Louisiana Supreme Court has decided that because of the continuing coronavirus pandemic, the state’s next two bar exams will be open book and administered by email. An order Wednesday says that’s necessary because the court’s Committee on Bar Admissions says it cannot use its current software vendor to administer the exam online. Three weeks earlier, the court said recent law school graduates can practice law without the exam if they take extra courses and go through a mentoring program. Wednesday’s order says test-takers may use outside materials to complete the exam but cannot ask for or accept help from any person.
THE SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE ANNOUNCED TODAY THE POSTPONEMENT OF LEAGUE COMPETITION IN FOOTBALL, VOLLEYBALL, WOMEN’S SOCCER AND CROSS COUNTRY. EACH OF THE PROGRAMS WERE GIVEN THE CHOICE TO PARTICIPATE IN LIMITED FALL COMPETITION. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ANNOUNCED AN INTENT TO EXPLORE HOLDING CONFERENCE COMPETITION IN THE SPRING. MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY IS PART OF THE SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE ALONG WITH OTHER LOUISIANA SCHOOLS INCLUDING NICHOLLS STATE, SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA, NORTHWESTERN STATE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS.
THE OWNERS OF LANDRY’S CAJUN SEAFOOD AND STEAKHOUSE IN NEW IBERIA SAY THAT THIS IS THE WORST BUSINESS HAS BEEN IN THEIR NEARLY THIRTY YEARS. GRACIE LANDRY SAYS THEY ARE SURVIVING BECAUSE OF A LOT OF GOOD AND FAITHFUL CUSTOMERS WHO SOMETIMES BUY EXTRA FOOD BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE RESTAURANT IS STRUGGLING. BUT SHE SAYS SHE NOTICES MANY OF THE OLDER CUSTOMERS ARE NOT COMING IN ANYMORE BECAUSE OF FEARS OF CATCHING THE CORONAVIRUS. LANDRY AND CO-OWNER ELAINE BUTEAU TELL KLFY TV THAT THEY ARE TAKING THE PROPER PRECAUTIONS TO KEEP THEIR CUSTOMERS SAFE AND THEY ARE HOLDING OUT HOPE THAT THE RESTAURANT WILL MAKE IT.
