9-2-20
THOUSANDS ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER AS THE RECOVERY EFFORTS FROM HURRICANE LAURA CONTINUE. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS THE DETAILS.
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Growing numbers of Louisiana residents are turning to the state to find a place to stay after Hurricane Laura ravaged southwestern parishes. Gov. John Bel Edwards said Tuesday that more than 11,000 people are being sheltered by the state. The vast majority are staying in hotels — largely in New Orleans, but also in Baton Rouge and Shreveport. Edwards says the numbers tick upward each day because people realize the severe damage to their homes and they have no power and water.
PROTESTERS AND ACTIVISTS WERE AT LAST NIGHT’S COUNCIL MEETINGS OF THE LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT OVER THE POLICE SHOOTING OF TRAYFORD PELLERIN. MANY MADE PUBLIC COMMENTS TO PROTEST THE SHOOTING BUT MAYOR PRESIDENT JOSH GUILLORY DID NOT RESPOND TO ANY OF THEM. TWO PEOPLE WERE ESCORTED OUT OF THE BUILDING FOR MAKING VULGAR COMMENTS AND THERE WERE CHANTS URGING THAT PELLERIN’S NAME BE SPOKEN. PARISH COUNCILMAN A-B RUBIN, WHO SAYS HE’S A FRIEND OF THE PELLERIN FAMILY, SAYS POLICE SHOULD HAVE DE-ESCALATION AND MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING TWICE A YEAR AND PSYCH EVALUATIONS.
Two people are trying to get Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards out of office. The Louisiana Secretary of State’s Office says Lee Joseph Vidrine and Michael Lyn Vidrine, both of Eunice, have filed a petition seeking to recall Edwards. The Vidrines need to get 20%, or just over 600,000 signatures, to force a recall election, state officials said. The News-Star reports they have 180 days from Monday to collect enough signatures.
CROWLEY POLICE DETECTIVES ARE STILL WORKING ON THE AUGUST ELEVENTH HOMOCIDE OF A CROWLEY TEENAGER. FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD VONTRE PHILLIPS WAS SHOT WHILE INSIDE HIS HOUSE ON HARRY FUSILIER STREET. SOMEONE FIRED SHOTS AT THE RESIDENCE, KILLING PHILLIPS. UP TO A TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR CASH REWARD IS BEING OFFERED FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO AN ARREST IN THE CASE. THE TIPS LINE IS 789-TIPS.
THE NUMBER OF COVID-NINETEEN CASES TOOK A NEAR ONE THOUSAND CASE JUMP TODAY, WITH NINE HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX NEW CASES, INCREASING THE TOTAL TO ONE HUNDRED FORTY-NINE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT. THERE WERE TWENTY MORE DEATHS. HOSPITALIZATIONS DROPPED TODAY BY THIRTY-SEVEN, WITH A TOTAL OF EIGHT HUNDRED SEVENTY-THREE. HOWEVER, PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS INCREASED BY FOUR.
ACADIANA RECORDED ONE LESS DEATH FROM COVID-NINETEEN. ONE WAS REMOVED IN ST. LANDRY PARISH, MAKING THE TOTAL NOW SIX HUNDRED FIVE. ACADIANA HAD ONE HUNDRED FIFTY- ONE NEW CASES OF THE CORONAVIRUS. LAFAYETTE PARISH HAD THE MOST OF ANY ACADIANA PARISH WITH SIXTY-FOUR.
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA SAW TWO NEW DEATHS FROM COVID-NINETEEN. BOTH WERE IN CALCASIEU PARISH. THE TOTAL IS NOW AT THREE HUNDRED. THERE WERE ONLY FIVE MORE CASES IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ALLEN PARISH HAD THE MOST WITH SIX, BEAUREGARD WITH THREE, CALCASIEU WITH THREE LESS CASES, CAMERON WITH TWO LESS CASES AND JEFF DAVIS WITH ONE ADDITIONAL CASE. THE TOTAL NUBER OF CASES IS ELEVEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED SIX.
