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8-18-21

HOSPITALIZATIONS FOR COVID-NINETEEN IN LOUISIANA HAVE TOPPED THREE THOUSAND TO THREE THOUSAND TWELVE.  SYLVIA MASTERS HAS THE REST OF THE COVID-NINETEEN NUMBERS.

 

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Louisiana’s top school board is deciding whether it will challenge or follow Gov. John Bel Edwards’ mask mandate for public schools. The state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education on today is wading into a thorny issue that has divided parents and provoked angry protests in some school districts. The Democratic governor enacted the mask mandate this month for all indoor public spaces including school campuses as Louisiana saw infections of COVID-19 surge. The mask mandate won support from health care leaders around Louisiana, but Republican Attorney General Jeff Landry, GOP state lawmakers and others object to the requirement and suggest the education board should decide what happens in schools.

 

THE STATE PAROLE BOARD YESTERDAY DENIED EARLY RELEASE FROM PRISON FOR A FORMER SAINT LANDRY PARISH PRIEST.  SEVENTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL GUIDRY, WHO SERVED AS PASTOR OF SAINT PETER’S CHURCH IN MORROW, IS SERVING A SEVEN YEAR PRISON SENTENCE FOR MOLESTING A SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD BOY, WHO WAS AN ALTER SERVER.  GUIDRY HAD TOLD THE BOARD THAT, IF RELEASED, HE WOULD BE STAYING AT A NURSING HOME IN NEW IBERIA FOR THE REMAINDER OF HIS LIFE.  THE BOARD DENIED PAROLE SAYING HE HAS FAILED TO SHOW REMORSE AND WILL NOT ADMIT HE IS A SEX OFFENDER.

 

INC MAGAZINE HAS RELEASED THIS YEAR’S LIST OF THE FIVE THOUSAND FASTEST GROWING PRIVATE COMPANIES IN THE COUNTRY AND THREE LAFAYETTE COMPANIES MADE THE LIST.  THREE-SIXTY-I-A, A COMPANY THAT OFFERS TECHNOLOGY TO TRACK CUSTOMER BUYING HABITS OF BIG TICKET ITEMS, WAS NUMBER THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-SEVEN ON THE LIST.  THE CUSTOM APPAREL COMPANY, ACE SPECIALTIES, WHICH PRODUCED THE “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN” HATS FOR THE DONALD TRUMP PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, WAS RANKED SIX HUNDRED FOURTEEN.  THE THIRD COMPANY FROM LAFAYETTE PARISH ON THE LIST WAS SUPERIOR CONTRACT CLEANING OF SCOTT, WHICH IS RANKED AT ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED TWO.

 

Police in Lake Charles say a 14-year-old and a 16-year-old are accused of attempted murder in a shooting at a city park. The younger boy was arrested yesterday on one count each of attempted first-degree murder and attempted armed robbery. Police say he and the older boy are both being held in the city’s juvenile detention center. The 16-year-old was arrested July 30, three days after the shooting in Huber Park sent two people to a hospital.

 

A NAPOLEANVILLE MAN IS OFFERING A THREE THOUSAND DOLLAR REWARD TO ANYONE WHO CAN HELP HIM FIND THE DRIVER OF AN EIGHTEEN-WHEELER WHO FORCE HIM ONTO THE SHOULDER OF I-TEN IN SAINT MARTIN PARISH AND TOTALED HIS VEHICLE.  STEVE FRECHOU SAYS IT HAPPENED ON THE OVERPASS AT THE BREAUX BRIDGE EXIT AND THE DRIVER OF THE EIGHTEEN WHEELER NEVER STOPPED AFTER HITTING HIS VEHICLE.  FRECHOU TELLS KLFY TV TEN THAT HE WANTS THE DRIVER TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND THAT’S WHY HE’S OFFERING THE BIG CASH REWARD TO HELP FIND HIM.  FRECHOU SAYS THE EIGHTEEN WHEELER WOULD LIKELY HAVE SOME DAMAGE AND MAROON PAINT FROM HIS VEHICLE, AND THOSE WHO SPOT IT CAN CALL THEIR LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT OR MESSAGE HIM ON HIS FACEBOOK PAGE.

 

THE LAFAYETTE CITY AND PARISH COUNCILS DECIDED TO SPEND THREE HUNDRED SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS TO HIRE A CONSULTANT TO HELP THEM DECIDE HOW TO SPEND EIGHTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS IN AMERICA RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDS.  MAYOR PRESIDENT JOSH GUILLORY’S ADMINISTRATION RELEASED A PLAN ON HOW TO SPEND THE MONEY THAT INCLUDED ROADS AND BRIDGES, PUBLIC SAFETY, DRAINAGE AND COMPETITIVE INVESTMENTS.  THOSE FUNDS ARE PRIMARILY MEANT TO ALLEVIATE THE COVID-RELATED CRISIS AND THERE WAS CONCERNS OF HAVING TO PAY THE MONEY BACK.  THE COUNCILS HAVE UNTIL TWENTY-TWENTY FOUR TO DECIDE HOW TO SPEND THE MONEY AND IT MUST BE SPENT BY TWENTY-TWENTY-SIX.

 

CROWLEY POLICE ARE SEEKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN SOLVING A COLD CASE HOMOCIDE FROM THREE YEARS AGO.  ON JULY TWENTY-FIRST OF TWENTY-EIGHTEEN, MALCOLM DANIELS WAS SHOT WHILE PLAYING DICE OUTSIDE A RESIDENCE ON J-D MILLER STREET AND LATER DIED AT THE HOSPITAL.  POLICE INTERVIEWED WITNESSES AT THE TIME BUT THEY ARE HOPING TO FIND OTHERS WHO MAY HAVE WITNESSED THE CRIME.  ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE HOMOCIDE IS ASKED TO CALL THE TIPS LINE AT SEVEN-EIGHT-NINE-TIPS.