9-29-21
Gov. John Bel Edwards is reupping Louisiana’s indoor mask mandate for another month. The Democratic governor Tuesday credited the face covering requirement with keeping students safe from COVID-19 and helping to combat the state’s fourth surge of the coronavirus illness. Edwards reinstated the mask mandate in August as Louisiana faced its worst spike in coronavirus cases. The mask mandate covers all public indoor locations and includes K-12 schools and colleges.
HERE’S SYLVIA MASTERS WITH THE LATEST CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS.
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A MAN WHO WAS SHOT AT AROUND THREE-THIRTY SUNDAY MORNING IN OPELOUSAS WAS WANTED BY PORT BARRE POLICE ON SEVERAL CHARGES INCLUDING ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE MURDER. OPELOUSAS POLICE CHIEF MARTIN MCCLENDON SAYS OFFICERS WERE MONITORING TRAFFIC NEAR LOCAL NIGHTCLUBS IN THE SAINT CYR AND BLANCHARD STREET AREA, WHEN THEY HEARD GUNSHOTS AND FOUND A MAN WHO HAD BEEN SHOT INSIDE A BROWN BUICK. IT TURNED OUT TO BE JAMARCUS J. HARDY OF PORT BARRE, WHO WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL IN SERIOUS CONDITION. MCCLENDON SAYS, ONCE HARDY IS STABLE ENOUGH, HE WILL BE BROUGHT TO JAIL TO FACE THE CHARGES AGAINST HIM.
A BICYLIST ON THE EVANGELINE THRUWAY NEAR I-TEN WAS KILLED YESTERDAY MORNING IN A CRASH. THE IDENTITY OF THE BICYCLIST HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED. KATC TV IS REPORTING THAT SIX PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HIT AND KILLED IN THAT AREA SINCE LAST YEAR. THERE HAS BEEN TALK OVER THE PAST YEARS ABOUT BUILDING A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE BUT MAYOR PRESIDENT JOSH GUILLORY SAYS THERE ARE NO PLANS FOR A BRIDGE AT THIS TIME, BUT IT’S NOT OUT OF THE PICTURE.
Five people were injured in an explosion at a Westlake chemical plant. Louisiana State Police spokesman Derek Senegal said the explosion at the Westlake petrochemical plant near Lake Charles was reported late Monday night. He said five workers were taken to a hospital, but their conditions were not immediately known. A fire at the site is now out, and the cause of the blast is under investigation.
A GROUP OF VILLE PLATTE RESIDENTS WANT CITY LEADERS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE HIGH UTILITY BILLS THEY ARE GETTING FROM CLECO. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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THE FAMILY OF A LAFAYETTE MAN ARE WORRIED THAT HIS HOMOCIDE WILL BECOME A COLD CASE. THIRTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD HAROLD CARMOUCHE WAS ONE OF THREE PEOPLE SHOT WHILE RIDING IN A VEHICLE ON I-TEN NEAR CROWLEY ON JUNE SIXTH, BUT HE WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO LOST HIS LIFE. HAROLD’S SISTERS TELL KLFY TV-TEN THAT THEY BELIEVE SOMEONE KNOWS WHO THE GUNMAN IS AND WHY HE ENDED HAROLD’S LIFE. ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF K-P GIBSON SAYS THE CASE IS STILL OPEN AND THEY ARE RUNNING DOWN EVERY LEAD THEY HAVE.
ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ARE SEARCHING FOR A LAFAYETTE WOMAN WHO GAVE A BIRTHDAY PRESENT TO A THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL, WHICH CONTAINED HEROIN AND DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. FORTY-YEAR-OLD JULIE MARIE HAYES IS WANTED FOR CONTRIBUTING TO THE DELINQUENCY OF A JUVENILE. THE THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD, WHO WAS A FAMILY MEMBER OF HAYES, WAS NOT INJURED. ANYONE WHO KNOWS THE LOCATION OF HAYES IS ASKED TO CALL SEVEN-EIGHT-NINE-TIPS. UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLAR CASH REWARD IS BEING OFFERED FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO AN ARREST.
