8-4-20
THE ST. LANDRY PARISH SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS ANNOUNCED IT WILL DELAY THE START OF THE ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR DUE TO THE THREAT OF COVID-NINETEEN. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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THE NEW POSITIVE CASE COUNT FOR COVID-NINETEEN IN LOUISIANA IS MUCH LOWER THAN IT HAS BEEN, WITH ONE THOUSAND NINETY-NINE REPORTED YESTERDAY BY THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. THE NEW TOTAL IS ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY-SIX. THERE WERE SEVENTEEN MORE DEATHS IN LOUISIANA, BRINGING THE TOTAL UP TO THREE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED TEN. THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE HOSPITALIZED HAS GONE DOWN BY THIRTY-EIGHT. BUT PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS INCREASED BY NINE.
THE DEATH TOTAL FOR ACADIANA YESTERDAY WAS MORE THAN HALF OF THE OVERALL STATE TOTAL. THERE ARE NINE MORE DEATHS, INCLUDING FIVE IN ACADIA PARISH, TWO IN IBERIA PARISH AND ONE EACH IN LAFAYETTE AND ST. LANDRY PARISHES. ACADIA PARISH HAS TWENTY-SIX DEATHS OVER A TWO WEEK PERIOD, TWO FEWER THAN LAFAYETTE PARISH, WHICH HAS NEARLY FOUR TIMES THE POPULATION. THERE ARE TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-TWO ADDITIONAL POSITIVE CASES FOR THE REGION. THE ACADIANA PARISHES THAT COMPRISE REGION FOUR HAS HAD THE HIGHEST NEW CASELOAD OF ANY OF THE STATE’S EIGHT ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS SINCE JULY FOURTH. DURING THAT PERIOD, ACADIA PARISH HAS BEEN SECOND OF ALL LOUISIANA PARISHES IN THE PER CAPITA CASELOAD .
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD NO ADDITIONAL DEATHS ON YESTERDAY’S REPORT. THE TOTAL IS ONE HUNDRED NINETY-ONE. THERE ARE ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE MORE CASES FOR THE REGION INCLUDING EIGHTY-SEVEN IN CALCASIEU PARISH. THE TOTAL IS NINE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED TWO. ALLEN PARISH IS NUMBER ONE IN THE STATE FOR THE PER CAPITA CASELOAD SINCE JULY FOURTH.
CHARLOTTE JEFFERS, WHO WORKED MANY YEARS TO PROMOTE THE CITY OF CROWLEY, DIED SUDDENLY YESTERDAY AT THE AGE OF SIXTY-SIX. MAYOR PRO TEM STEVEN PREMEAUX TELLS KATC TV THAT CHARLOTTE WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE CITY AND TO CROWLEY MAIN STREET. IN HER EMAILS TO MEDIA OUTLETS INCLUDING KAJN, SHE ALWAYS ENDED THEM WITH “HAVE A RICE DAY.” A MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL IS SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON AT TWO AT ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL CATHOLIC CHURCH IN CROWLEY.
Voting rights advocates have filed a federal lawsuit against Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards and Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin. The organizations say Louisiana is doing too little to protect ballot access in its November and December elections and should widen mail-in voting options amid the coronavirus outbreak. The lawsuit was filed Monday on behalf of the Louisiana State Conference of the NAACP, the Power Coalition for Equity and Justice and voters from Baton Rouge and Hammond. Ardoin crafted an emergency plan for the state’s July and August elections that increased early voting and expanded mail-in balloting, but no such plan has been offered so far for the fall elections.
TONIGHT AT A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE LAFAYETTE CITY COUNCIL, AN ORDINANCE IS EXPECTED TO BE INTRODUCED THAT WOULD GIVE THE COUNCIL CONTROL OVER CITY-GENERATED MONEY DEDICATED TO PARKS AND RECREATION IN THE CITY. CURRENTLY THE LAFAYETTE PARISH COUNCIL CONTROLS THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT BUDGET, EVEN THOUGH MOST OF THE DEPARTMENT’S EXPENSES ARE PAID THROUGH CITY OF LAFAYETTE TAXPAYERS. LAST WEEK THE CITY COUNCIL TRIED TO INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD KEEP FOUR REC CENTERS SLATED FOR CLOSURE OPEN UNTIL AT LEAST NOVEMBER FIRST, BUT IT FAILED BECAUSE NO ONE ON THE PARISH COUNCIL WOULD SECOND THE MOTION. THAT DIDN’T SIT WELL WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, AND LED TO THE EXPECTED INTRODUCTION OF THE NEW ORDINANCE TONIGHT.
A LAKE CHARLES NATIVE WHO FOUNDED THE NONPROFIT “MY LIFE FOR YOUR LIFE” IS GIVING AWAY FIVE HUNDRED BACKPACKS TO SCHOOL CHILDREN AT DRIVE THRU EVENTS THIS SATURDAY. CLEVELAND JONES JUNIOR HAS TEAMED WITH A LOCAL ATTORNEY, SHUNETTE THOMAS, TO GIVE AWAY THE BACKPACKS FILLED WITH SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT. THE DRIVE THRU EVENTS WILL TAKE PLACE THIS SATURDAY AT SUNLIGHT MANOR FROM NINE TO ELEVEN-THIRTY AND THEN AT CLARK COURTS FROM ONE TO THREE-THIRTY. THE GIVEAWAY WILL BE ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS, BUT JONES SAYS MASKS MUST BE WORN AND THE STUDENT MUST BE PRESENT.
