8-7-20
ON THURSDAY, A DISTRICT JUDGE UPHELD GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARD’S EXECUTIVE ORDER ON MASKS AND BAR RESTRICTIONS. CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS MORE.
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THERE WERE FIFTY MORE DEATHS IN LOUISIANA MOVING THE TOTAL TO FOUR THOUSAND TWENTY-EIGHT. HOSPITALIZATIONS CONTINUE TO DECLINE WITH FOURTEEN FEWER PATIENTS. THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS DROPPED BY EIGHT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS THERE WERE THIRTEEN HUNDRED THREE NEW COVID-NINETEEN CASES IN THE STATE, PUSHING THE TOTAL TO ONE HUNDRED TWENTY SEVEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FORTY-SIX.
FOR THE SECOND DAY IN A ROW, ACADIANA RECORDED TEN MORE DEATHS FROM COVID-NINETEEN. ACADIA, LAFAYETTE, ST.LANDRY AND VERMILLION PARISHES EACH HAD TWO DEATHS. EVANGELINE AND IBERIA PARISHES ADDED ONE EACH. THE TOTAL IS NOW FOUR HUNDRED FORTY-TWO. THERE ARE AN ADDITIONAL TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-THREE CASES FOR THE REGION. THE TOTAL IS TWENTY-THOUSAND, FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY-TWO.
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD SEVEN ADDITIONAL DEATHS. CALCASIEU PARISH ADDED THREE MORE DEATHS WHILE ALLEN AND JEFF DAVIS PARISHES ADDED TWO DEATHS EACH FROM COVID-NINETEEN. THE REGIONAL TOTAL IS NOW TWO HUNDRED ONE. THERE ARE NINETY-FOUR MORE CASES FOR SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA, INCLUDING FIFTY-FOUR IN CALCASIEU PARISH. THE TOTAL IS NINE THOUSAND, NINE HUNDRED FOUR.
AT A SPECIAL MEETING LAST NIGHT, THE ACADIA PARISH SCHOOL BOARD DECDED TO MOVE THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR BACK TO SEPTEMBER EIGHTH, THE DAY AFTER LABOR DAY. SUPERINTENDENT SCOTT RICHARD SAYS SAFETY IS THE PRIORITY AND THEY WILL USE THE EXTRA FEW WEEKS TO BUILD UP THEIR SUPPLY OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND PREPARE, TRAIN AND REHEARSE SAFETY PROTOCOLS. ALSO YESTERDAY IN A SPECIAL MEETING, THE ST. MARY PARISH SCHOOL BOARD VOTED TO MOVE BACK THE START OF THEIR SCHOOL YEAR TO SEPTEMBER EIGHTH.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE ADMINISTRATION OF LAFAYETTE MAYOR PRESIDENT JOSH GUILLORY HAS CHANGED ITS MIND AND WILL KEEP FOUR REC CENTERS IN NORTH LAFAYETTE OPEN. CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER JAMIE ANGELLE TELLS KLFY TV THAT THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE TWENTY-TWENTY-ONE FISCAL YEAR HAS FUNDS THAT ARE SUFFICIENT TO OPERATE ALL FACILITIES AND SERVICES. HE SAYS THE MONEY COMES FROM DEDICATED PROPERTY TAXES AND REVENUES GENERATED DURING THE FISCAL YEAR. GUILLORY SAYS THAT THE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT’S PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES WILL REMAIN OPEN WITH NORMAL OPERATING HOURS AND SERVICES.
TWO JENNINGS MEN HAVE BEEN ARRESTED FOR THE ALLEGED THEFT OF A GATOR U-T-V AND A FOUR WHEELER. JEFF DAVIS PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO A CALL ABOUT A BURGLARY ON ELTON DRIVE AND WERE TOLD THE SUSPECTS LEFT ON FOOT. THE DEPUTIES TRACKED THE MEN TO A RESIDENCE ON GRAND MARAIS ROAD WHERE THEY WERE ARRESTED. THIRTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD AARON PARSONS AND TWENTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD BOBBY REED HAVE EACH BEEN CHARGED WITH SIMPLE BURGLARY AND TWO COUNTS OF THEFT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE.
THE VERMILLION PARISH SCHOOL BOARD VOTED LAST NIGHT TO INTERVIEW THREE CANDIDATES FOR SUPERINTENDENT ON MONDAY AND VOTE FOR THE NEXT SUPERINTENDENT ON TUESDAY. THE THREE ARE ALL FROM THE VERMILLION PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM. THEY ARE INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT BRAD PRUDHOMME, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT PAUL HEBERT AND THE PRINCIPAL OF NORTH VERMILLION HIGH SCHOOL TOMMY BYLER. ONE BOARD MEMBER CHRIS GAUTHREAX TOLD KATC TV THAT BOARD PRESIDENT KIBBIE PILLETTE HAS TAINTED THE PROCESS BY HURRYING UP THE VOTE. PILLETTE DID NOT RESPOND WHEN ASKED FOR COMMENT.
