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8-5-21

A driver is in custody accused of vehicular negligence and third-degree feticide after a crash on Ambassador Caffery in Lafayette. Police arrested 37-year-old Noe Sanchez, of California, in connection with the crash Tuesday that happened at around 9 p.m. Four vehicles were involved and at least three people were transported for minor to moderate injuries. Police say a pregnant woman lost her child as a result of her injuries in the crash.  Investigators say that alcohol was a factor in the crash.

 

SYLVIA MASTERS HAS THE LATEST COVID-NINETEEN NUMBERS FOR THE STATE AND ACADIANA.

 

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OCHSNER HEALTH OFFICIALS DISCUSSED COVID-NINETEEN PEDIATRICS UPDATES YESTERDAY,  THE MAIN POINT, MORE CHILDREN ARE BEING HOSPITALIZED WITH COVID THAN EVER BEFORE.  SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.

 

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THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH SCHOOL BOARD WILL BE MEETING TONIGHT TO FINALIZE THEIR BACK TO SCHOOL PLANS IN LIGHT OF THE COVID-NINETEEN SURGE.  THE ACADIA, LAFAYETTE, IBERIA, VERMILLION, CALCASIEU, EVANGELINE AND SAINT MARTIN PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEMS WILL COMPLY WITH THE GOVERNOR’S MASK MANDATE.  THE JEFF DAVIS AND SAINT MARY PARISH SCHOOL BOARDS ARE STILL IN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT HOW TO MODIFY THEIR BACK TO SCHOOL PLANS.  YESTERDAY AT A TOWN HALL DISCUSSION ON COVID-NINETEEN, GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS SAID HE HAS NO PLANS TO PUSH BACK THE START OF SCHOOL BECAUSE THE C-D-C AND THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS ALLOWS FOR STUDENTS ATTENDING IN PERSON WITH PROPER COVID MITIGATION.

 

LAFAYETTE MAYOR PRESIDENT JOSH GUILLORY ON TUESDAY SAID LAFAYETTE FIRE INSPECTORS AND POLICE OFFICERS WILL BE VISITING BUSINESSES TO MAKE SURE MANAGERS AND OWNERS UNDERSTAND THE GOVERNOR’S MASK MANDATE, WHICH WENT INTO EFFECT YESTERDAY.  HOWEVER, GUILLORY DID NOT SAY HE WOULD ENFORCE THE MASK MANDATE.  LAST YEAR, GUILLORY DIDN’T AGRESSIVELY ENFORCE THE MASK MANDATE AND, LATE IN THE YEAR, REFERRED ALL COMPLAINTS TO THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL’S OFFICE.  GUILLORY SAYS THE INDOOR MASK REQUIREMENT ONLY APPLIES IF PEOPLE CANNOT STAY AT LEAST SIX FEET APART.

 

YESTERDAY, SENATOR JOHN KENNEDY OF LOUISIANA MADE ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO PASS A ONE-POINT-ONE BILLION DOLLAR DISASTER RELIEF BILL FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY HURRICANES LAURA, DELTA AND ZETA.  HE TRIED TO GET THE BILL ADDED AS AN AMENDMENT TO THE SENATE’S INFRASTRUCTURE BILL, BUT IT WAS BLOCKED.  KENNEDY EXPRESSED DISAPPOINTMENT SAYING HE GAVE THE SENATE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP THE PEOPLE OF LOUISIANA WITHOUT ADDING A DIME TO THE DEBT OR TAKING A CENT FROM TAXPAYERS.  HE SAYS IT’S NOW CLEAR THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL HAVE TO ISSUE A REQUEST FOR DISASTER AID BEFORE CONGRESS WILL ACT.

 

LOUISIANA TEST SCORES PLUNGED BY FIVE PERCENTAGE POINTS IN THE LEAP TWENTY-TWENTY-FIVE EXAMS, WHICH MEASURES STUDENTS KNOWLEDGE IN MATH, ENGLISH, SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES.  AFTER SEEING SCORES RISE STEADILY, LOUISIANA TOOK A SIGINIFICANT STEP BACKWARDS IN THE LATEST RESULTS.  JACKSON PARISH WAS THE ONLY PARISH TO SEE AN INCREASE WHILE THE PARISH WITH THE SHARPEST DECLINE WAS EVANGELINE PARISH, WITH SCORES DROPPING BY TEN PERCENTAGE POINTS.  STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION CADE BRUMLEY IS BREAKING WITH TRADITION BY WAITING TO DISCUSS THE RESULTS OF THE TESTS UNTIL NEXT WEDNESDAY INSTEAD OF THE DAY THEY ARE RELEASED.

 

RAYNE POLICE HAVE MADE A SECOND ARREST IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF  TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD JONATHAN DIXON ON JULY EIGHTEENTH AT THE KING CITY GROCERY STORE.  TWENTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD KAYLON SINEGAL OF RAYNE HAS BEEN BOOKED INTO THE ACADIA PARISH JAIL ON SEVERAL CHARGES INCLUDING SECOND DEGREE MURDER, AND HIS BOND WAS SET AT FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND.  ON JULY TWENTY-FIRST, RAYNE POLICE ARRESTED TWENTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD EDWARD NICKSON OF RAYNE, ALSO ON A SECOND DEGREE MURDER CHARGE.  RAYNE POLICE ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR A THIRD PERSON IN CONNECTION WITH THE SHOOTING, DAYLON RICHARD.