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9-23-20

RAYNE POLICE HAVE A MAN IN CUSTODY FOR THE MONDAY AFTERNOON SHOOTING DEATH OF THIRTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD DALVIN WASHINGTON.  SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.

 

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LOUISIANA RECORDED ELEVEN MORE DEATHS FROM COVID-NINETEEN IN YESTERDAY’S REPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. THE TOTAL IS FIFTY-TWO HUNDRED EIGHTEEN.  HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE DOWN BY SIXTEEN. THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS INCREASED BY THREE, BRINGING THE TOTAL TO NINETY-SIX.  THERE ARE SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO NEW CASES IN THE STATE.

 

ACADIANA HAD TWO NEW DEATHS. LAFAYETTE AND VERMILLION PARISHES HAD ONE EACH. THE TOTAL IS SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-TWO.  THERE ARE ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-THREE NEW CASES IN THE REGION. LAFAYETTE PARISH HAD THE MOST WITH FORTY-EIGHT. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES FOR ACADIANA IS TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-TWO.

 

SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAS ONE MORE COVID-NINETEEN DEATH, WHICH CAME FROM CALCASIEU PARISH. THERE ARE THIRTY-TWO NEW CASES IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. CALCASIEU PARISH HAD THE MOST WITH TWENTY-EIGHT. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES IN THE REGION IS ELEVEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE.

 

A NEW PLAN FOR VIRTUAL LEARNING FOR GRADES SIX THROUGH TWELVE IN THE ST. LANDRY PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM IS NOT SITTING WELL WITH SOME TEACHERS, PARENTS AND STAFF.  AT LAST NIGHT’S SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, THERE WERE THREATS OF A STRIKE IF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM GOES TO THE NEW VIRTUAL LEARNING METHOD, IN WHICH STUDENTS AT HOME GET PRERECORDED MINI-LESSONS WITH A DIFFERENT CURRICULUM FROM THOSE THAT STUDENTS GET AT SCHOOL.  THE TEACHERS AND PARENTS SAID THEY WANT TO CONTINUE USING GOOGLE MEET, WHERE STUDENTS GET LIVE STREAMING CLASSROOMS.  THE SCHOOL SYSTEM SAYS THAT DOESN’T SEEM TO BE WORKING FOR SOME STUDENTS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES BECAUSE THERE’S NOT ENOUGH BANDWIDTH, EVEN WITH A HOT SPOT SHIPPED TO THE HOME.

 

THE YOUNGSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT POSTED WARNINGS FOR PARENTS ON FACEBOOK ABOUT USING THE SOCIAL MEDIA SITE IN A WAY THAT PROTECTS THEIR CHILDREN FROM CHILD TRAFFICKERS.  THEY ADVISED AGAINST USING THE CHECK IN FEATURE, ESPECIALLY WHEN DROPPING YOUR CHILD OFF AT SCHOOL, BECAUSE CHILD TRAFFIKERS CAN USE THAT INFORMATION.  THEY WARNED AGAINST ACCEPTING FRIEND REQUESTS FROM STRANGERS.  THEY ALSO ADVISED AGAINST POSTING TOO MANY PHOTOS OF YOUR CHILDREN, BECAUSE THEY CAN REVEAL TOO MUCH INFORMATION.

 

 

TWO WOMEN, CURRENTLY DISPLACED BY HURRICANE LAURA, HAVE FOUND A NEW JEWELRY BUSINESS USING PIECES OF GLASS FROM WINDOWS SHATTERED ON THE CAPITAL ONE TOWER IN LAKE CHARLES.  RACHEL SOLLAY AND SARAH O’NEIL HAVE MADE MORE THAN TEN TRIPS TO THE SITE ON LAKESHORE DRIVE AND PICKED UP ICE CHESTS FULL OF BROKEN GLASS.  A GLASS ARTIST IS HELPING THEM TRANSFORM THE PIECES INTO JEWELRY.  THEY’VE CREATED A PICKING UP THE PIECES FACEBOOK GROUP WHERE THEY POST PICTURES OF THEIR CREATIONS AND TAKE ORDERS.  THEY’VE RECIEVED MORE THAN SIX HUNDRED ORDERS.

 

LOUISIANA SECRETARY OF STATE KYLE ARDOIN SAYS THE SAME SAFETY PRECAUTIONS USED FOR VOTING IN JULY AND AUGUST FOR COVID-NINETEEN WILL BE USED FOR EARLY VOTING IN OCTOBER AND FOR ELECTION DAY IN NOVEMBER.  HE SAYS ALL EQUIPMENT WILL BE WIPED DOWN AFTER EACH USE.  THEY WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO HAVE FINGER COVERS.  STAFF WILL ALSO BE WEARING PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.