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9-9-20

CROWLEY POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A SHOOTING SUSPECT THEY BELIEVE IS ARMED AND DANGEROUS.  SYLVIA MASTERS HAS THE DETAILS.

 

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GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS WILL BE MEETING WITH THE WHITE HOUSE TASK FORCE TODAY TO DISCUSS IF THE STATE MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS TO MOVE TO PHASE THREE OF REOPENING THE ECONOMY.  THE STATE HAS BEEN UNDER PHASE TWO FOR NEARLY THREE AND A HALF MONTHS AND THAT ORDER EXPIRES ON FRIDAY.  THE STATE IS NO LONGER CONSIDERED A RED ZONE STATE, ACCORDING TO STANDARDS SET BY THE WHITE HOUSE CORONAVIRUS TASK FORCE.  THE STATE MOVED INTO THE ORANGE CLASSIFICATION IN MID-AUGUST, BUT THERE ARE CONCERNS THAT THE CASES COULD RISE AGAIN BECAUSE OF SOCIAL GATHERINGS ON LABOR DAY.

 

THE NEW CASES FOR COVID-NINETEEN IN LOUISIANA SHOT UP TODAY.  THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RECORDED ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO NEW CASES. THERE ARE FIFTEEN ADDITIONAL DEATHS IN THE STATE TODAY.  HOSPITALIZATIONS DROPPED BY FIFTEEN MAKING THE TOTAL HOSPITALIZATIONS SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-TWO.  THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS DECREASED BY EIGHT.

 

THE CASE COUNT IN ACADIANA JUMPED BY THREE HUNDRED SIXTY NEW CASES, BRINGING THE TOTAL TO TWENTY FOUR THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED NINETY-NINE.  THAT INCLUDES ONE HUNDRED TEN IN LAFAYETTE PARISH.  THERE ARE TWO MORE DEATHS IN ACADIANA, ONE EACH IN EVANGELINE AND ST. MARY PARISHES.  THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DEATHS IN THE REGION IS AT SIX HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR.

 

SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAS FOUR ADDITIONAL DEATHS,  TWO IN BOTH BEAUREGAR AND CALCASIEU PARISHES.  THAT BRINGS THE TOTAL TO THREE HUNDRED TWELVE.  THERE ARE ONE HUNDRED NINETEEN MORE NEW CASES IN THE REGION.  SIXTY-TWO ARE IN CALCASIEU PARISH. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES ARE NOW ELEVEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE.

 

A SUSPECTED MEMBER OF THE GREMLINS GANG HAS RELEASED AN EIGHT MINUTE VIDEO ON SOCIAL MEDIA IN WHICH HE IS TALKING TO A PARAMEDIC FRIDAY NIGHT IN NEW IBERIA EXPLAINING WHAT HAPPENED WHEN HE WAS SHOT.  AARON CARTER SAYS HE AND SOME OTHERS WERE IN A BUILDING ON NORTH LANDRY STREET WHEN SHOTS BEGAN BEING FIRED IN THE FRONT AND BACK OF THE BUILDING.  CARTER, WHO IS A MURDER SUSPECT IN THE SLAYING OF AN ABBEVILLE TEEN IN 2018 AND A RAYNE MAN IN 2015, WAS SHOT IN THE LEG AND ARM.  ANOTHER MAN WAS KILLED AND ONE OTHER WAS WOUNDED.

 

A CITYWIDE COMMUNITY PRAYER EVENT IS BEING HELD AT THE NORTHGATE MALL PARKING LOT SUNDAY NIGHT AT SIX.  ALL DENOMINATIONS ARE BEING ASKED TO GATHER IN PRAYER FOR THE CITY.  IT IS BEING ORGANIZED BY FELLOWSHIP FULL GOSPEL MINISTRIES IN RESPONSE TO RECENT EVENTS INCLUDING POLICE BRUTALITY PROTESTS, THE HURRICANE AND COVID-NINETEEN.  THE ORGANIZERS STRESS THAT THIS IS NOT A PROTEST BUT A PRAYER EVENT.

 

Louisiana’s death toll from Hurricane Laura has risen to 26. The health department and the state fire marshal say the victim was a 49-year-old man in Calcasieu Parish who died of smoke inhalation and burns in a fire that is believed to have been ignited by a candle or lantern being used because of widespread lingering power outages in the wake of the storm. More than 137,000 power customers were still without power Tuesday — mostly in southwest Louisiana.