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9-22-21

YOUNGSVILLE POLICE CHIEF RICKY BOUDREAX UNDERWENT HEART SURGERY TUESDAY MORNING AFTER A HEART BLOCKAGE WAS DISCOVERED DURING A DOCTOR’S VISIT.  SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.

 

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HERE’S SYLVIA MASTERS AGAIN WITH THE LATEST COVID-NINETEEN NUMBERS FOR LOUISIANA.

 

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PORT BARRE POLICE CHIEF DEON BOUDREAUX, WHO ANNOUNCED HE HAD COVID-NINETEEN ON MONDAY, RECEIVED A COVID-NINETEEN MONOCLONAL INFUSION SHOT YESTERDAY.  HE SAYS HE RECOGNIZES THERE IS SKEPTICISM ABOUT THE SHOT BUT HE’S FINE TAKING PART IN SOMETHING THAT HELPS HIM AND HIS FAMILY.  OPELOUSAS GENERAL HEALTH SYSTEM OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED THEIR SOUTH CAMPUS ALONG THE I-FORTY-NINE SERVICE ROAD IS NOW A TREATMENT SITE FOR MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY THERAPY.  IT’S OPEN WEEKDAYS FROM EIGHT TO EIGHT AND CAN SERVE ABOUT FIFTY PATIENTS A DAY BUT THEY MUST HAVE A REFERRAL FROM A MEDICAL PROVIDER.

 

TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN A CRASH IN CALASIEU PARISH AT AROUND NINE A-M TUESDAY MORNING.  STATE POLICE SAY SIXTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD BOBBIE MCCRANEY OF WESTLAKE WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON CHOUPIQUE ROAD AND, FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON, DROVE THROUGH A STOP SIGN AND WAS HIT BY AN EIGHTEEN WHEELER.  MCRANEY AND SIXTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD ETHEL SIMMS OF SULPHUR WERE PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.  THE DRIVER OF THE EIGHTEEN-WHEELER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.

 

PRO GOLFER CHRIS ARCENEAUX IS WORKING WITH FIFTEEN LAFAYETTE COMPANIES AND ORGANIZATIONS ON A DISASTER SUPPLY DONATION DRIVE.  SUPPLIES COLLECTED THROUGH THE DRIVE WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THOSE IMPACTED BY HURRICANE IDA.  THE DONATION DRIVE TAKES PLACE AT THE HOLY ROSARY EVENT CENTER ON CARMEL DRIVE IN LAFAYETTE.  SUPPLIES CAN BE DROPPED OFF THERE NEXT WEDNESDAY FROM ONE TO SIX AND THE FOLLOWING THURSDAY FROM NINE TO SIX.

 

The electric company subsidiary that provides electricity to New Orleans is responding to calls for an investigation of power losses during Hurricane Ida with options that include having the city assume control of municipal electrical service. That’s one of four options Entergy New Orleans outlined Tuesday in a statement as it prepared for discussions with the City Council. The other options include a merger with another Entergy subsidiary, Entergy Louisiana; a sale of Entergy New Orleans to another entity; or the formation of a spinoff utility company separate from Entergy corporation. The council’s utility committee is scheduled to meet today.

 

A PEACE RALLY IS BEING PLANNED FOR FRIDAY NIGHT AT SIX ON MIXON STREET IN NEW IBERIA.  THAT’S WHERE TWO PEOPLE WERE SHOT ON SATURDAY IN A HOUSE WHERE POLICE OFFICERS FOUND DRUGS AND WEAPONS.  DONAVON D. DAVIS, A COMMUNITY ACTIVIST WITH PROJECT ORANGE, TELLS KATC TV THAT HE BELIEVES THE SHOOTINGS ARE THE RESULT OF INTERCOMMUNITY WARS BETWEEN MIXON AND MURTIS STREETS.  HE SAYS PEOPLE NEED TO COME TOGETHER AND THINK OF OTHERS IN ORDER TO PREVENT MAKING THE WRONG DECISIONS.

 

AERIAL SPRAY OPERATIONS ARE BEING CONDUCTED THIS WEEK IN ACADIA PARISH.  THERE’S BEEN A SURGE IN THE MOSQUITO POPULATION DUE TO THE RECENT TROPICAL RAINS AND THE ACTIVATION OF RICE AND CRAWFISH FIELDS.  VECTOR DISEASE CONTROL IS CONDUCTING THE AERIAL SPRAYING.  THE AERIAL APPLICATION IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BETWEEN TODAY AND FRIDAY DEPENDING ON THE WEATHER.