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9-24-20

THE ST. MARTINVILLE CITY COUNCIL IS CONSIDERING MAKING THE JOB OF MAYOR A PART-TIME POSITION.  COUNCILMAN CRAIG PROSPER SAYS THE CITY DOESN’T NEED A FULL TIME MAYOR BECAUSE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS ARE HANDLED BY DEPARTMENT HEADS AND “BASICALLY, CITY HALL RUNS ITSELF.”  MAYOR MELINDA MITCHELL DISAGREES, SAYING SHE MANAGES MORE THAN SEVENTY EMPLOYEES, TALKS WITH CONSTITUENTS, GOES OVER THE CITY BUDGET, AND MUCH MORE.  SHE TELLS KLFY TV THAT THERE’S NO WAY SOMEONE CAN DO THE JOB PART TIME AND BE EFFECTIVE.

 

The White House’s coronavirus response coordinator hailed Gov. John Bel Edwards’ COVID-19 restrictions as helping to save lives. The comments Wednesday from Dr. Deborah Birx give the Democratic governor a boost on the eve of a special session where Republican lawmakers will work to strip some of those regulations. Birx described the statewide mask mandate, limitations on bars and other restrictions as appropriate to combat COVID-19. She spoke at Louisiana State University after holding a closed-door meeting with Edwards, college system leaders and students.

 

THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS REPORTING THAT, OUT OF MORE THAN ELEVEN-HUNDRED SCHOOLS STATEWIDE, THERE ARE FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY-THREE CASES OF COVID-NINETEEN, THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE OF WHICH ARE STUDENTS.  REGION FOUR, WHICH INCLUDES SEVEN ACADIANA PARISHES, HAS THE MOST WITH NINETY-SEVEN CASES.  THAT BREAKS DOWN TO SEVENTY-ONE STUDENTS AND TWENTY-SIX FACULTY MEMBERS, STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS.  REGION FOUR DIRECTOR TINA STEFANSKI SAYS THAT SCHOOLS IN THE AREA ARE DOING A GOOD JOB OF REPORTING CASES AS REQUESTED AND THEY ARE NOT SEEING ANY HUGE PROBLEMS IN THE SCHOOLS.

 

ACROSS THE STATE, THERE WERE SEVEN MORE DEATHS FROM COVID-NINETEEN.  THE LOWEST ONE DAY TOTAL IN ABOUT TWO MONTHS.  HOWEVER, HOSPITALIZATIONS HAVE GONE BACK UP WITH TWENTY-ONE MORE YESTERDAY, MOVING THE TOTAL BACK CLOSE TO SIX HUNDRED.  THERE ARE TWO FEWER PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS.  THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH REPORTS FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE NEW CASES.

 

ACADIANA ADDED TWO MORE DEATHS.  THERE WERE TWO IN LAFAYETTE PARISH AND ONE IN VERMILLION PARISH, BUT ST. MARTIN PARISH’S TOTAL WAS ADJUSTED DOWN BY ONE.  THERE WERE THIRTY-TWO NEW CASES IN THE REGION.  VERMILLION PARISH HAD THE MOST WITH NINE.

 

SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA REPORTED NO NEW DEATHS.  THE TOTAL REMAINS AT THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR.  THERE WERE TWENTY-EIGHT MORE CASES OF COVID-NINETEEN.  TWENTY-ONE WERE FROM CALCASIEU PARISH.

 

 

A RAYNE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WAS FOUND WITH A WEAPON ON CAMPUS YESTERDAY.  SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.

 

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POWER AND WATER HAS BEEN RESTORED TO MOST OF CALCASIEU PARISH SO THE FOCUS OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS IS TO GET EVACUEES BACK TO REBUILD.  FEMA IS MAKING PLANS FOR HELPING EVACUEES WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO MOVE BACK IN THEIR HOMES YET.  AT A PRESS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY, FEMA REGIONAL DIRECTOR GERARD STOLER SAYS THE BEST OPTION IS FOR RESIDENTS WHO QUALIFY TO LIVE IN A TRAILER ON THEIR PROPERTY WHILE THEY REBUILD, WHILE SOME COULD BE PUT IN UNITS ON A COMMERCIAL LOT AS A LAST RESORT.  STOLER SAYS HE’S NOT PREPARED TO SAY WHEN UNITS WILL BE PUT IN CALCASIEU PARISH BUT THE PROCESS IS UNDERWAY.