9-28-20
THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF A TODDLER YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. SPOKESWOMAN VALERIE PONSETI BRINKLY SAYS THEY RECEIVED A CALL SHORTLY BEFORE TWO P-M AND DEPUTIES ARRIVED AT A MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY LOCATED IN THE SIXTY-NINE HUNDRED BLOCK OF CAMERON STREET. THEY FOUND THE BODY OF A TWO-YEAR-OLD BOY IN A CAR. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS RELEASED NO OTHER DETAILS INCLUDING THE BOY’S IDENTITY.
Louisiana’s top elections official won’t challenge a federal judge’s decision requiring him to offer more mail-in balloting options for the fall elections to people at higher risk to the coronavirus disease. Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin told The Advocate he must focus on implementing the required changes ahead of the Nov. 3 presidential election. The Republican elections leader says his decision against asking the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to hear the case on an emergency basis “cuts down on the amount of confusion for voters.” Early voting for the November election will begin Oct. 16 and run through Oct. 27.
AN OPELOUSAS MAN IS FACING TWO COUNTS OF NEGLIGIBLE HOMOCIDE FOR THE SHOOTING DEATH OF HIS PREGANT GIRLFRIEND SATURDAY NIGHT. POLICE SAY TWENTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD MALEKE GUILLORY GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND AND ANOTHER WOMAN, AND THE GIRLFRIEND GOT A GUN. GUILLORY TRIED TO TAKE THE GUN AND, DURING THE STRUGGLE, THE GIRLFRIEND WAS SHOT AND SHE AND THE BABY DIED LATER AT THE HOSPITAL. WHEN THEY WENT TO THE HOSPITAL, THEY HAD REPORTED SHE WAS THE VICTIM OF A DRIVE BY SHOOTING.
HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS AFFECTED BY HURRICANE LAURA HAVE UNTIL OCTOBER TWENTY-SEVENTH TO APPLY FOR ASSISTANCE FROM FEMA. FEDERAL ASSISTANCE INCLUDES HELP WITH RENT OR HOUSING, AND THE REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT OF DAMAGED PROPERTIES. FEMA ALSO MAKES SOME GRANTS AVAILABLE FOR OTHER EXPENSES. THERE ARE MULTIPLE WAYS TO APPLY FOR ASSISTANCE INCLUDING CALLING 1-EIGHT HUNDRED-SIX-TWO-ONE-THREE-THREE-SIX-TWO. THE WEBSITE IS DISASTER ASSISTANCE-DOT-GOV.
A SHOOTING IN LAFAYETE SUNDAY NIGHT SENT TWO PEOPLE TO THE HOSPITAL. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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LOUISIANA TODAY HAS THE LOWEST ONE DAY TOTAL OF NEW COVID-NINETEEN CASES IN SEVERAL MONTHS, WITH TWO HUNDRED FORTY. THAT MOVES THE OVERALL TOTAL PAST ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE THOUSAND. THERE ARE FIFTEEN MORE DEATHS, ACCORDING TO TODAY’S REPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. THE TOTAL IS JUST UNDER FIFTY-THREE HUNDRED. HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE UP BY SIX WHILE THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS DECREASED BY TWO TO EIGHTY-THREE.
THERE WERE NO NEW DEATHS IN ACADIANA OR SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. THE TOTAL DEATHS IN ACADIANA REMAINS AT SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY-THREE WHILE THE TOTAL IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA IS AT THREE HUNDRED FORTY. ACADIANA RECORDED THIRTY NEW CASES. THAT INCLUDES TEN EACH IN LAFAYETTE AND ST. LANDRY PARISHES. THE TOTAL IS TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY-TWO. SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD ONLY SIX NEW CASES. ALLEN PARISH HAD THE MOST WITH FOUR. THE TOTAL FOR SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA IS ELEVEN THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN.
