9-24-21
HEALTH CARE WORKERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE HOLDING MORE PROTESTS IN OPPOSITION OF COVID-NINETEEN VACCINE MANDATES IN HOSPITALS. CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS MORE.
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HERE’S CAROLINE MARCELLO AGAIN WITH THE LATEST COVID-NINETEEN NUMBERS.
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THREE PEOPLE ARE WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH A SHOOTING EARLIER THIS MONTH IN NEW IBERIA. ONE PERSON WAS KILLED AND THREE HOSPITALIZED AFTER THE SHOOTING SEPTEMBER THIRD NEAR THE SUPER ONE. POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD BRYCE SIMON, TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD TYLER PHILLIPS AND EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD JAMONTRE BATISTE. IF YOU KNOW THE WHEREABOUTS OF ANY OF THESE INDIVIDUALS, YOU ARE ASKED TO CALL IBERIA CRIME STOPPERS AT THREE-SIX-FOUR-TIPS.
AN ESCAPED INMATE FROM A TRANSITIONAL WORK PROGRAM WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY POLICE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF TONY MANCUSO SAYS POLICE SURROUNDED A HOUSE ON ELEVENTH STREET WHERE DESMOND D. LOUIS WAS AND, WHEN HE CAME OUT OF THE HOUSE SHOOTING, OFFICERS RETURNED FIRE. LOUIS HAD WALKED OFF A JOB AT CANCUN RESTAURANT MONDAY EVENING. THREE PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE WHERE THE SHOOTOUT HAPPENED HAVE BEEN ARRESTED.
SOME LAFAYETTE RESIDENTS GATHERED IN FRONT OF CITY HALL TO PROTEST WHAT THEY CONSIDER A LACK OF SUPPORT FROM THE CITY COUNCIL TO REDEVELOP NORTH LAFAYETTE. MAYOR PRESIDENT JOSH GUILLORY HAD DESIGNATED TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE NORTH LAFAYETTE REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY BUT THE COUNCIL VOTED TO REMOVE THE FUNDING. GUILLORY HAS SINCE VETOED THE COUNCIL’S DECISION AND IT WILL BE ADDRESSED AGAIN AT THE NEXT BUDGET HEARING. ANOTHER RALLY IS PLANNED AT CITY HALL ON OCTOBER FIFTH, WHICH IS THE DAY THE COUNCIL VOTES ON THE ISSUE.
Experts at the LSU AgCenter estimate that Hurricane Ida’s winds and floods did at least $584 million in damage to agriculture in Louisiana. Economist Kurt Guidry says about half of that is timber damage, with another 35% in damage to buildings, equipment and other infrastructure. The report doesn’t include damage to the seafood industry, which will be estimated by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. Guidry’s total includes estimates for damages still to come, including likely increased production costs and reduced yields for crops still in the field.
SAINT MARTINVILLE POLICE ARRESTED A MAN WANTED ON AN ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE MURDER CHARGE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. ISAIAH FRANCOIS WAS ARRESTED AT A RESIDENCE ON SOUTH VIVIER STREET. A SEARCH OF THE HOME RESULTED IN THE DISCOVERY OF ONE HUNDRED EIGHTEEN GRAMS OF MARIJUANA, TWO FIREARMS AND TWO SCALES. FRANCOIS IS SUSPECTED OF SHOOTING AT A MAN DURING A DISTURBANCE LAST JANUARY IN WHICH THE BULLET GRAZED THE OTHER MAN’S HEAD.
IOTA POLICE SAY THEY ARE SEEING AN INCREASE IN THEFTS AND BURGLARIES ALONG WEST KENNEDY STREET. THE LATEST ARE STORAGE UNITS BROKEN INTO AND, AMONG THE ITEMS MISSING, IS AN AIR CONDITIONER UNIT TAKEN FROM AN OFFICE WINDOW. THE STOLEN ITEMS HAVE YET TO BE RECOVERED. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE THEFTS IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE IOTA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
