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ABBEVILLE POLICE HAVE RELEASED MORE DETAILS ABOUT A SUSPECT WHO ALLEGEDLY FIRED SHOTS AT POLICE OFFICERS AND WAS WOUNDED BY RETURN FIRE.  LT. JONATHAN TOUCHET SAYS THE SUSPECT, RYAN HARGRAVE, WAS NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED BECAUSE HE WAS WEARING A BALLISTIC VEST.  HE APPARENTLY POINTED A GUN AT ANOTHER DRIVER ON PEACE STREET IN ABBEVILLE DURING A ROAD RAGE INCIDENT AND HE ATTEMPTED TO FLEE FROM POLICE EVENTUALLY REACHING NEW IBERIA.  STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT SINCE IT INVOLVED SHOTS BY A POLICE OFFICER.

 

LAFAYETTE POLICE WILL CONSIDER BEEFING UP PATROLS IN DOWNTOWN LAFAYETTE AFTER HOURS.  CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS MORE.

 

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A SULPHUR WOMAN SUSPECTED OF A SHOOTING IN IOWA WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN LAFAYETTE.  KAYLA VINCENT WITH THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS A TEN-YEAR-OLD AND TWENTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD WERE SHOT YESTERDAY MORNING AT AROUND THREE-THIRTY AT A HOME ON EUGINE LANE IN IOWA.  RESIDENTS AT THE HOME SAID TWENTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD KALEY N. MURRAY WAS THE SHOOTER.  DETECTIVES ALSO HAVE VIDEO SURVEILLANCE THAT SHOWS MURRAY KICKING THE DOOR AND FIRING SEVERAL SHOTS AT THE HOME BEFORE LEAVING.

 

The Louisiana House’s tax break debate is highlighting the chamber’s deepening partisan divisions in the state’s coronavirus response effort. Republicans say the package of multimillion-dollar tax breaks they are pushing will help companies struggling with the coronavirus outbreak. Democrats say the business lobby is taking advantage of the pandemic to unravel curbs put on ballooning incentive programs. That disagreement surfaced in Tuesday’s debate that passed three business tax breaks to the Senate for consideration.

 

THERE ARE NINE HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES IN LOUISIANA TODAY.  HOWEVER, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS THIS INCLUDES A BACKLOG OF ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-NINE CASES FROM EARLY APRIL.  THERE ARE TWENTY MORE DEATHS FROM COVID-NINETEEN, BRINGING THE TOTAL TO TWO THOUSAND, NINE HUNDRED FIFTY.  AFTER THREE DAYS OF AN INCREASE IN PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED WITH COVID NINETEEN, THE NUMBER WENT DOWN TODAY BY NINE.  BUT THERE ARE SIX MORE PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS.

 

ACADIANA HAD TWO HUNDRED THREE MORE CASES OF CORONAVIRUS, INCLUDING SIXTY IN ST. MARTIN PARISH AND FIFTY-NINE IN LAFAYETTE PARISH.  THE TOTAL IS THREE THOUSAND, EIGHT-HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR.  THERE ARE TWO ADDITIONAL DEATHS IN THE REGION, BOTH FROM ST. MARY PARISH.  THE TOTAL IS NOW TWO HUNDRED THIRTY.

 

AFTER FIVE DAYS WITH NO COVID NINETEEN DEATHS, SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA REPORTED ONE ADDITIONAL DEATH, WHICH WAS IN CALCASIEU PARISH.  THEY NOW HAVE A TOTAL OF FIFTY-ONE.  THE TOTAL FOR THE REGION IS SEVENTY-FIVE.  THERE ARE SIXTY-SEVEN MORE CORONAVIRUS CASES, FIFTY-TWO OF THEM FROM CALCASIEU PARISH.  THE TOTAL IS ONE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY.

 

THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS SEARCHING FOR A MAN SUSPECTED OF THE THEFT OF INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT VALUED AT OVER FORTY-TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS.  THIRTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD BRANDON JOSEPH BROUSSARD’S LAST KNOWN ADDRESS WAS IN KAPLAN.  HE IS WHITE, FIVE-ELEVEN, ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE POUNDS, WITH BLACK HAIR AND HAZEL EYES.   ANYONE WHO KNOWS WHERE BROUSSARD CAN BE FOUND IS ASKED TO CALL ACADIA PARISH CRIME STOPPERS AT SEVEN-EIGHT-NINE-TIPS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE ACADIA PARISH SCHOOL BOARD IS BEGINNING TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT SCENARIOS FOR RETURNING STUDENTS TO CLASSES THIS FALL.  SUPERINTENDENT SCOTT RICHARD SAYS THE TOP SCENARIO IS A REGULAR START ON AUGUST TWELFTH.  HOWEVER, IF SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES ARE STILL IN PLACE, THEY WOULD CONSIDER ALTERNATING IN-PERSON APPEARANCES BY STUDENTS ON CERTAIN DAYS OF THE WEEK WITH REMOTE LEARNING ON OTHER DAYS.  RICHARD SAYS THEY ARE ALSO CONSIDERING AN EMERGENCY PLAN IF ALL SCHOOLS CANNOT BE UTILIZED WHICH WOULD BE COMPLETE DISTANCE LEARNING.

 

OVER A DOZEN FIRE TRUCKS RESPONDED TO A HOUSE FIRE ON RICHFIELD ROAD IN DUSON.  FIRE CHIEF COBY DUHON SAYS THAT WHEN THEY ARRIVED AT THE HOME IN THE TWENTY-ONE-HUNDRED BLOCK OF RICHFIELD ROAD, THE ATTIC WAS FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES AND THE HOMEOWNER WAS TRYING TO PUT THE FIRE OUT WITH A GARDEN HOSE.  THE ROOF COLLAPSED BUT THE OCCUPANTS MANAGED TO MAKE IT OUT SAFELY.  THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

 

AN ONLINE PETITION HAS BEEN STARTED TO CHANGE THE NAME OF JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH.  DAVIS WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERACY DURING THE CIVIL WAR.  NICHOLAS GUIDRY STARTED THE PETITION AT CHANGE-DOT-ORG, WHICH SEEKS ONE HUNDRED SIGNATURES.  GUIDRY SAYS HE’D LIKE TO CHANGE THE NAME BECAUSE DAVIS TOOK UP A CAUSE IN FAVOR OF THE OWNERSHIP OF HUMANS AND WANTS TO FIND A GOOD NAME MORE BEFITTING THE “WONDERFUL AND DIVERSE” POPULATION OF THE PARISH.

 

GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS SIGNED A PLAN SPENDING THREE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS IN FEDERAL CORONAVIRUS AID TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES RECOVER FROM THE PANDEMIC.  CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS THE DETAILS.

 

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FOR THE SECOND DAY IN A ROW, THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED IN LOUISIANA INCREASED.  SUNDAY THE TOTAL WENT UP BY FOURTEEN AND YESTERDAY, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RECORDED TWELVE MORE HOSPITALIZATIONS FOR A TOTAL OF FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT.  THERE ARE FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE MORE CORONAVIRUS CASES IN THE STATE, RAISING THE TOTAL TO OVER FORTY-SEVEN THOUSAND, BUT JUST FIVE ADDITIONAL DEATHS.

 

ACADIANA HAD NO NEW DEATHS FROM COVID NINETEEN.  THE TOTAL REMAINS AT  TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX.  THERE ARE NINETY-SEVEN MORE CORONAVIRUS CASES INCLUDING FIFTY-FOUR IN LAFAYETTE PARISH.  THE TOTAL IS THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED SIXTEEN.

 

SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD NO DEATHS FOR THE FOURTH DAY IN A ROW.  THE TOTAL REMAINS AT SEVENTY-FOUR.  THERE WERE TWENTY-FOUR MORE CORONAVIRUS CASES, INCLUDING SEVENTEEN IN CALCASIEU PARISH.  THE TOTAL FOR THE REGION IS ONE THOUSAND, TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-EIGHT.

 

Records obtained by a Louisiana newspaper show a white officer, accused of beating a hospitalized black teenager, had been suspended at least four times for improper conduct during his 17-year police career. The records detailed by The Daily Advertiser show Opelousas Police Sgt. Tyron Andrepont’s disciplinary history included suspensions for use of force, offensive conduct and unbecoming conduct. Now he’s charged with malfeasance in office in last year’s assault of Jonah Coleman. The 18-year-old had been hospitalized at his parents’ request and was restrained in a bed when Andrepont allegedly beat him in the face and held him in a choke hold.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IN A LANDMARK SIX-TO-THREE RULING, THE SUPREME COURT HAS DECIDED THAT GAYS AND TRANSGENDERS ARE PROTECTED FROM EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION.  TWO JUDGES CONSIDERED CONSERVATIVE, NEIL GORSUCH AND JOHN ROBERTS, JOINED THE LIBERAL JUSTICES IN DECIDED THAT TITLE SEVEN, WHICH PROTECTS WORKERS FROM EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF GENDER, ALSO APPLIES TO GAYS AND TRANSGENDERS.  THE DECISION ONLY COVERS EMPLOYEES WHO CLAIM TO HAVE BEEN FIRED FOR THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATION IN JOBS WITH NO OTHER CONDITIONS FOR EMPLOYEMENT.  THE COURT DID NOT SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS WHETHER RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS WILL RECEIVE AN EXCEPTION TO THE RULING.

 

LAFAYETTE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING ON JEFFERSON STREET THAT LEFT FIVE PEOPLE WOUNDED.  IT HAPPENED AROUND TWO A-M THIS MORNING.  THREE PEOPLE WERE SHOT IN THE UPPER TORSO AND TWO IN THE LOWER TORSO.  FOUR PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE THEY ARE LISTED IN STABLE CONDITION, WHILE THE FIFTH PERSON REFUSED TREATMENT.  ANYONE WHO HAS INFORMATION ABOUT THE SHOOTING IS ASKED TO CALL LAFAYETTE CRIME STOPPERS AT 232-TIPS.

 

ONE PERSON DIED AND ANOTHER WAS INJURED LAST NIGHT AFTER A SHOOTING IN NEW IBERIA.  CAROLINE MARCELLO REPORTS.

 

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FOUR PEOPLE WERE SHOT EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AT A LAKE CHARLES NIGHT CLUB.  AFTER SPEAKING TO SEVERAL WITNESSES, THEY LEARNED THAT TWENTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD NATHANIEL J. LEDE WAS ALLEGEDLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SHOOTING.  HE WAS FOUND DRIVING ON HIGHWAY FOURTEEN, PULLED OVER AND TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.  LEDE, WHO FACES NUMEROUS CHARGES INCLUDING FOUR COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED BATTERY, HAS BEEN ON PROBATION SINCE AUGUST OF 2018.

 

FOR THE SECOND DAY IN A ROW, THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED IN LOUISIANA INCREASED.  YESTERDAY THE TOTAL WENT UP BY FOURTEEN AND TODAY, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RECORDED TWELVE MORE HOSPITALIZATIONS FOR A TOTAL OF FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT.  THERE ARE FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE MORE CORONAVIRUS CASES IN THE STATE, RAISING THE TOTAL TO OVER FORTY-SEVEN THOUSAND, BUT JUST FIVE ADDITIONAL DEATHS.

 

ACADIANA HAD NO NEW DEATHS FROM COVID NINETEEN.  THE TOTAL REMAINS AT  TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX.  THERE ARE NINETY-SEVEN MORE CORONAVIRUS CASES INCLUDING FIFTY-FOUR IN LAFAYETTE PARISH.  THE TOTAL IS THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED SIXTEEN.

 

 

SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD NO DEATHS FOR THE FOURTH DAY IN A ROW.  THE TOTAL REMAINS AT SEVENTY-FOUR.  THERE WERE TWENTY-FOUR MORE CORONAVIRUS CASES, INCLUDING SEVENTEEN IN CALCASIEU PARISH.  THE TOTAL FOR THE REGION IS ONE THOUSAND, TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-EIGHT.

 

A TEN-YEAR-OLD RAYNE NATIVE HAS ORGANIZED A YOUTH RALLY PROMOTING PEACE, JUSTICE, YOUTH ACTIVISM AND EMPOWERMENT THAT WILL TAKE PLACE IN RAYNE THIS COMING SATURDAY.  AMIYAH ROSE JONES-SETTLE SAYS SHE BELIEVES YOUNG PEOPLE MUST GET INVOLVED TO BRING ABOUT POSITIVE CHANGE.  THE RALLY, TAKING PLACE SATURDAY FROM TEN-THIRTY TO TWELVE-THIRTY AT THE RAYNE FROG FESTIVAL PAVILION, INVOLVES DEMONSTRATIONS, SINGING, DANCING AND PRAYING.  EVERYONE IS WELCOME AND ARE ASKED TO WEAR MASKS AND BRING SIGNS WITH POSITIVE MESSAGES.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS THE STATE SAW ELEVEN MORE DEATHS FROM COVID-NINETEEN IN YESTERDAY’S REPORT.  THE TOTAL HAS REACHED TWO THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE.  THERE ARE FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTEEN MORE CORONAVIRUS CASES.  THE TOTAL HAS ECLIPSED FORTY-FOUR THOUSAND FOR THE FIRST TIME.  THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS WITH COVID NINETEEN IN HOSPITALS CONTINUES WITH A DECREASE OF NINETEEN TO FIVE HUNDRED FORTY-NINE.  MEANWHILE THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS INCREASED BY FIVE.

 

ACADIANA HAD NO ADDITIONAL DEATHS IN YESTERDAY’S REPORT.  THE TOTAL REMAINS AT TWO HUNDRED SIXTEEN.  THERE ARE FORTY MORE CASES OF CORONAVIRUS IN THE REGION, INCLUDING TWENTY-THREE IN LAFAYETTE PARISH.  THE TOTAL IS TWO THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX.

 

THERE WAS ONE ADDITIONAL DEATH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA, BREAKING A FOUR DAY STREAK OF ZERO DEATHS.  THAT DEATH WAS IN BEAUREGARD PARISH, BRINGING THE TOTAL FOR THE REGION TO SEVENTY-THREE.  SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD TWENTY NEW CASES OF CORONAVIRUS INCLUDING TWELVE IN CALCASIEU PARISH.  GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS SAID YESTERDAY THAT LAKE CHARLES IS ONE OF THREE AREAS IN THE STATE THAT ARE REGIONS OF CONCERN, THE OTHERS BEING ALEXANDRIA AND MONROE.  THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS MONITORING DATA TO DETERMINE IF COMMUNITY SPREAD IS A FACTOR IN THE INCREASED CASES IN THOSE AREAS.

 

A FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH A SHOOTING IN ABBEVILLE.  SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.

 

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The Louisiana House has agreed to a $34 billion operating budget for next year that includes hundreds of millions in federal coronavirus aid. They passed it unanimously Wednesday. The spending plan for the financial year that begins July 1 would keep most programs and services from cuts. It plugs gaps with temporary federal dollars that Louisiana is receiving to respond to the COVID-19 disease.

 

 

A lawsuit says a Louisiana woman was surprising her husband with breakfast when a plane hit her car, causing it to flip several times and catch fire. The Acadiana Advocate reports Kristie Danielle Britt is suing the owners, pilot and insurers of the plane that crashed in December near a post office in Lafayette on its way to Atlanta for the Peach Bowl. The lawsuit says her husband ran out of the post office where he was working and was videotaping the crash scene when he noticed his wife was injured. The plane crash killed five people including sports reporter Carley McCord, who was also the daughter-in-law of LSU offensive coordinator Steve Ensminger.

 

A JENNINGS MAN WAS KILLED IN A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT YESTERDAY.  THIRTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD ROY MALLET WAS DRIVING A PICKUP TRUCK ON L-A THREE-NINETY-FIVE IN JEFF DAVIS PARISH WHEN, FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON, HE CROSSED THE CENTER LINE AND OFF THE ROAD INTO A DITCH, THEN WENT OFF THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD, STRIKING AN EMBANKMENT.  THAT CAUSED THE PICKUP TO ROLL OVER AND, MALLET, WHO WAS NOT WEARING A SEATBELT, WAS PARTIALLY EJECTED AND DIED AT THE SCENE.  IT’S NOT KNOWN IF MALLET WAS IMPAIRED BUT A TOXICOLOGY SAMPLE WAS TAKEN FROM MALLET AND SUBMITTED FOR ANALYSIS.

 

A GROUP CALLED FRIENDS OF POUND PETS IN ACADIA PARISH SAY THAT THE CITY OF CROWLEY ANIMAL SHELTER WILL BEGIN EUTHANIZING ALL DOGS AT THE SHELTER.  THEY SAID IN A FACEBOOK POST THAT THE CITY CLAIMS TOO MUCH MONEY IS BEING SPENT ON DOG FOOD CAUSING THEM TO GO OVER BUDGET, WHICH IS WHY THEY WILL BEGIN EUTHANIZING DOGS.  MAYOR TIM MONCEAUX TELLS KATC TV THAT IT ISN’T TRUE, THEY HAVE ENOUGH FOOD TO LAST THROUGH AUGUST, AND THAT THEY ARE WORKING WITH SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS TO GET THE DOGS ADOPTED.  HE WAS ASKED IF THERE IS ANY TALK ABOUT MAKING THE ANIMAL SHELTER A NO KILL SHELTER AND MONCEAUX RESPONDED THAT HE’S SURE THERE WILL BE DISCUSSIONS IN THE UPCOMING FUTURE.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I-TEN HAS BEEN CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS ONE FOURTEEN AND ONE FIFTEEN NEAR HENDERSON.  A DOWNED POWER LINE LED TO THE CLOSURE.  TRAFFIC IS BEING DIVERTED TO I-FORTY-NINE ONTO HIGHWAY ONE NINETY IN OPELOUSAS, FOR THOSE TRAVELING TO BATON ROUGE.  THE DOWNED POWER LINE HAS CAUSED A POWER OUTAGE FOR RESIDENTS OF HENDERSON.

 

THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS THE STATE SAW ELEVEN MORE DEATHS FROM COVID-NINETEEN IN TODAY’S REPORT.  THE TOTAL HAS REACHED TWO THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE.  THERE ARE FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTEEN MORE CORONAVIRUS CASES.  THE TOTAL HAS ECLIPSED FORTY-FOUR THOUSAND FOR THE FIRST TIME.  THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS WITH COVID NINETEEN IN HOSPITALS CONTINUES WITH A DECREASE OF NINETEEN TO FIVE HUNDRED FORTY-NINE.  MEANWHILE THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS INCREASED BY FIVE.

 

ACADIANA HAD NO ADDITIONAL DEATHS IN TODAY’S REPORT.  THE TOTAL REMAINS AT TWO HUNDRED SIXTEEN.  THERE ARE FORTY MORE CASES OF CORONAVIRUS IN THE REGION, INCLUDING TWENTY-THREE IN LAFAYETTE PARISH.  THE TOTAL IS TWO THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX.

 

THERE WAS ONE ADDITIONAL DEATH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA, BREAKING A FOUR DAY STREAK OF ZERO DEATHS.  THAT DEATH WAS IN BEAUREGARD PARISH, BRINGING THE TOTAL FOR THE REGION TO SEVENTY-THREE.  SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD TWENTY NEW CASES OF CORONAVIRUS INCLUDING TWELVE IN CALCASIEU PARISH.  THE TOTAL IS ONE THOUSAND NINETY.

 

SOME COVID-NINETEEN TESTING SITES HAVE BEEN SET UP IN LAFAYETTE.  SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.

 

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Businesses would receive millions in tax breaks under bills that have started moving in the Louisiana House. The measures advanced Tuesday are pitched by Republicans as a way to help retailers, restaurants and other companies struggling to recover from coronavirus closures. The proposals won overwhelming support in the House Ways and Means Committee. They are estimated to siphon $14 million or more from the state treasury in the budget year that begins July 1 and tens of millions more in later years.

 

AN OPELOUSAS POLICE OFFICER HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON FIVE COUNTS OF MALFEASANCE IN OFFICE.  SERGEANT TYRON ANDREPONT IS ACCUSED OF USING EXCESSIVE FORCE AGAINST EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD JONAH COLEMAN WHILE HE WAS RECEIVING TREATMENT AT OPELOUSAS GENERAL HOSPITAL LAST OCTOBER.  COLEMAN’S ATTORNEY, DARYL K. WASHINGTON, SAYS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS ANDREPONT CHOKING COLEMAN WHILE HE WAS RESTRAINED.  ST. LANDRY PARISH DISTRICT ATTORNEY CHARLES CRAVINS SAYS THE ARREST IS BASED ON DOING THE RIGHT THING FOR THE RIGHT REASON, NOT IN RESPONSE TO THE RECENT DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD, WHICH RESULTED IN NATIONWIDE PROTESTS AND RIOTING.

 

A JENNINGS MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR BEATING HIS GIRLFRIEND WHILE DRIVING ON I-TEN ON SUNDAY.  THE GIRLFRIEND SAYS THIRTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD MATTHEW JAMES ALEXANDER HIT HER IN THE FACE DURING AN ARGUMENT WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND SHE JUMPED OUT OF THE VEHICLE TO GET AWAY ABOUT FORTY MINUTES LATER WHEN HE WOULDN’T PULL OVER AND LET HER OUT.  JEFF DAVIS PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES SAID THE WOMAN HAD BRUISES ON HER FACE AND BUSTED BLOOD VESSELS IN HER LEFT EYE.  DEPUTIES OBTAINED A WARRANT AND ARRESTED ALEXANDER AT HIS HOME THE NEXT DAY ON CHARGES OF DOMESTIC ABUSE BATTERY AND FALSE IMPRISONMENT.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THERE ARE THIRTEEN ADDITIONAL DEATHS FROM COVID NINETEEN BRINGING THE TOTAL FOR LOUISIANA TO TWO THOUSAND, EIGHT-HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR.  THE TOTAL NUMER OF CORONAVIRUS CASES IN THE STATE INCREASED BY FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY-TWO, PUSHING THE TOTAL TO FORTY-THREE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED TWELVE.  THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE HOSPITALIZED DECREASED BY FOURTEEN WHILE THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS DECREASED BY FOUR.

 

ACADIANA ADDED ONE DEATH FROM COVID-NINETEEN TO BRING THE TOTAL TO TWO HUNDRED SIXTEEN.  THAT DEATH WAS IN ST. MARTIN PARISH.  THERE ARE TWENTY-EIGHT MORE CASES IN THE REGION, INCLUDING ELEVEN IN LAFAYETTE PARISH.  THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES IN ACADIANA IS TWO THOUSAND, NINE HUNDRED FORTY-EIGHT.

 

SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD THIRTY-TWO MORE CASES OF CORONAVIRUS, FOR A TOTAL OF ONE THOUSAND SEVENTY, INCLUDING  NINETEEN  IN CALCASIEU PARISH.  THERE WERE NO DEATHS IN THE REGION FROM COVID-NINETEEN FOR THE FOURTH DAY IN A ROW.  THE TOTAL IS SEVENTY-TWO.

 

MORE THAN HALF OF THE RESIDENTS AT THE COURTYARD MANOR NURSING HOME ON SIDNEY MARTIN ROAD NEAR CARENCRO HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS.  THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS THIRTY-SEVEN RESIDENTS HAVE THE CORONAVIRUS AND THREE HAVE DIED FROM COVID-NINETEEN.  STAFF AT THE NURSING HOME HAVE ALSO BEEN AFFECTED.  NINE EMPLOYEES AT COURTYARD MANOR HAVE TESTED POSITIVE, WITH TWO HAVING RECOVERED.

 

THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS CONTINUING TO OFFER MOBILE TESTING SITES FOR COVID-NINETEEN IN JEFF DAVIS PARISH.  TRUCKS AND EQUIPMENT OPERATED BY THE LOUISIANA NATIONAL GUARD WILL BRING TESTING KITS TO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.  THEY WILL BE AT THE LAKE ARTHUR COMMUNITY CENTER TOMORROW AND THE JEFF DAVIS PARISH FAIRGROUNDS IN JENNINGS ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.  THEY WILL BE OPEN EACH MORNING FROM EIGHT TO ELEVEN.

 

THE STATE POLICE HAVE COMPLETED AN INVESTIGATION INTO AN OPELOUSAS POLICE OFFICER AND TURNED THEIR FINDINGS OVER TO THE ST. LANDRY PARISH DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE.  EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD JONAH COLEMAN CLAIMS HE WAS BEATEN LAST OCTOBER BY AN OFFICER WHILE IN A ROOM AT OPELOUSAS GENERAL HOSPITAL.  HIS ATTORNEY, DARYL KEVIN WASHINGTON, SAYS THAT, AT ONE POINT, THE OFFICER’S ARM WAS AROUND THE NECK OF COLEMAN, AND THEY ARE DEMANDING THAT THE OFFICER BE FIRED AND CRIMINALLY CHARGED.  POLICE CHIEF MARTIN MCLENDON SAYS THE OFFICER, WHO HAS NOT BEEN NAMED, IS ON PAID ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE.

 

MONTHS OF UNCOLLECTED RENT AND MORTGAGES WILL BE DUE IN ONE WEEK.  SYLVIA MASTERS EXPLAINS.

 

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THE IBERIA PARISH DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE HAS DECIDED NOT TO PROSECUTE ROY VERRET ON CAPITAL MURDER CHARGES FOR THE DEATH OF SEVENTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD HOWARD POCHE OF JEANERETTE IN DECEMBER OF TWENTY-SIXTEEN.  VERRET, WHO HAS BEEN IN JAIL FOR THREE YEARS, WAS RELEASED YESTERDAY.  THE DECISION NOT TO PROSECUTE WAS BECAUSE OF A MIXUP AT THE ACADIANA CRIME LAB, WHICH FOUND POCHE’S BLOOD ON VERRET’S WASHING MACHINE, BUT IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THE WASHING MACHINE SAMPLE MAY HAVE BEEN SWITCHED WITH A SAMPLE FROM A KNIFE AT THE SCENE.  DISTRICT ATTORNEY BO DUHE’S OFFICE SAYS THAT VERRET COULD STILL BE CHARGED IF NEW EVIDENCE EMERGES.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ELEVEN MORE DEATHS IN LOUISIANA FROM COVID NINETEEN WERE REPORTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.  THE TOTAL IS NOW TWO THOUSAND, EIGHT-HUNDRED-TWENTY-FIVE.  THERE ARE THREE HUNDRED-THIRTY MORE CASES OF CORONAVIRUS, PUTTING THE TOTAL OVER FORTY-TWO THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED.  THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS IN HOSPITALS WITH COVID NINETEEN WENT DOWN BY SEVEN TO FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE TOTAL.  AND THERE ARE THREE FEWER PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS.

 

THERE WERE JUST TWO DEATHS IN ACADIANA, ONE EACH IN ACADIA AND IBERIA PARISHES.  THE TOTAL FOR THE REGION IS TWO HUNDRED THIRTEEN.  ACADIANA HAD TWENTY-ONE MORE CASES OF CORONAVIRUS, INCLUDING FOURTEEN IN LAFAYETTE PARISH.  THE TOTAL IS TWO THOUSAND, SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY-FOUR.

 

SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD ONLY SIX MORE CASES OF CORONAVIRUS, INCLUDING FIVE IN CALCASIEU PARISH.  THE TOTAL FOR THE REGION IS ONE THOUSAND, TWENTY-FOUR.  THERE WERE NO NEW DEATHS REPORTED.  SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAS HAD SEVENTY-TWO TOTAL DEATHS FROM COVID NINETEEN.

 

AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING A STABBING IN IOTA.  SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.

 

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THE HEAD OF THE L-S-U CENTER FOR ENERGY STUDIES IS PREDICTING A SLUMP IN THE ENERGY INDUSTRY TO CONTINUE UNTIL AT LEAST TWENTY-TWENTY-FIVE.  DAVID DISMUKES GAVE HIS DOUR PREDICTIONS TO BUSINESS OWNERS ON A CALL HOSTED BY THE BATON ROUGE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.  HE SAYS A LULL IN INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION IN LOUSIANA SET IN LAST YEAR AFTER SEVERAL MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR PROJECTS WERE COMPLETED, BUT THOSE PROJECTS ARE NOT TAKING IN AS MUCH MONEY AS EXPECTED.  HE SAYS OVERSEAS BUYERS OF LIQUID NATURAL GAS HAVE ALREADY CANCELLED TWENTY TANKER SHIP LOADS FOR JUNE AND JULY FROM L-N-G FACILITIES AND IT’S ANTICIPATED THAT AS MUCH AS ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE SHIPLOADS WILL BE CANCELLED BY THE END OF THE SUMMER.

A MORATORIUM ON EVICTIONS AND FORECLOSURES FOR LOUISIANA IS SET TO EXPIRE ON MONDAY, JUNE FIFTEENTH, UNLESS THE GOVERNOR EXTENDS IT.  HOUSING ADVOCATES IN LAFAYETTE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FLOOD OF EVICTIONS TO COME WHEN THE MORATORIUM ENDS.  LEIGH RACHAL OF THE ACADIANA REGIONAL COALITION ON HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING TELLS THE ADVOCATE THAT ONCE THE FEDERAL MORATORIUM ON EVICTIONS IS LIFTED NEXT MONTH, THERE WILL BE HOMELESSNESS LIKE THE COMMUNITY HAS NOT SEEN AND FOR WHICH IT IS NOT READY.  THE MOST RECENT CENSUS DATA SHOWS THIRTY-ONE-POINT-NINE PERCENT OF THE STATE’S POPULATION IS HOUSING INSECURE, MEANING THEY MISSED THEIR MOST RECENT MORTGAGE OR RENT PAYMENT AND AREN’T SURE IF THEY’LL BE ABLE TO PAY IT NEXT MONTH.

 

A PEACEFUL PROTEST IN SUPPORT OF GEORGE FLOYD WAS HELD IN LAKE ARTHUR SATURDAY.  HUNDREDS PARTICIPATED IN A TWENTY MINUTE MARCH ON MAIN STREET AND A RALLY AT A PARK.  TWO OF THE PROTESTERS, CHRIS JONES AND DEVANTE DUHON, WERE RELATED TO FLOYD, WHO WAS KILLED BY A MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICER, WHO’S SINCE BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER.  JONES TOLD KATC THAT HE’S SURE THE FLOYD FAMILY WILL BE HAPPY GEORGE HAS BEEN REPRESENTED IN LOUISIANA, WHICH HE CALLED GEORGE’S SECOND HOME.

 

ON SATURDAY NIGHT, WINDS FROM AN APPROACHING TROPICAL STORM CAUSED PART OF A TREE TO CRASH THROUGH A HOME IN ST. MARTIN PARISH.  THE HOMEOWNER, ROBER TESCH, SAYS HE HEARD A CRACK AND THEN THE TREE CAME CRASHING THROUGH THE ROOF, BUT HE AND HIS DOG AND CATS WERE UNHARMED.  TESCH TELLS KATC TV THAT HE’LL PROBABLY TEAR DOWN THE HOUSE, WHICH HE HATES TO DO BECAUSE OF ITS FAMILY HISTORY, GOING BACK TO THE NINETEEN-FORTIES.  TESCH ACTUALLY LIVES ACROSS THE STREET BUT STAYS IN THE COTTAGE OCCASIONALLY SO THAT IT DOESN’T APPEAR EMPTY AND BECOME A TARGET OF VANDALS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gov. John Bel Edwards has declared a state of emergency as the remnants of Tropical Storm Cristobal appeared poised to strike Louisiana as early as this weekend. Cristobal weakened to a tropical depression yesterday after striking Mexico’s coast and moving inland. It was predicted to turn northward into the Gulf of Mexico and head toward Louisiana. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Cristobal may regain force once it moves back over the Gulf of Mexico and could reach Louisiana by Sunday.

 

Louisiana will continue to loosen its virus-related restrictions today. Gov. John Bel Edwards issued the latest restrictions on businesses, using the Phase 2 reopening guidance issued by the White House. The changes will allow retailers, restaurants, salons and churches to serve more people at a time and will let other shuttered businesses reopen with limitations. However, the easing of restrictions won’t take effect in New Orleans.

 

THERE WERE FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY-NINE MORE CASES OF CORONAVIRUS IN LOUISIANA.  THE TOTAL IS FORTY-ONE THOUSAND, FIVE-HUNDRED-SIXTY-TWO.  THERE WERE THIRTEEN MORE DEATHS FOR A TOTAL OF TWO THOUSAND, SEVEN-HUNDRED-SEVENTY-TWO.  THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS THERE ARE FOUR FEWER PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED WITH COVID NINETEEN AND FOUR FEWER PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS.

 

ACADIANA HAS FORTY-TWO MORE CASES OF CORONAVIRUS.  ACADIA PARISH LED THE WAY WITH SIXTEEN ADDITIONAL CASES AND LAFAYETTE PARISH WAS NEXT WITH THIRTEEN.  THERE ARE TWO MORE REPORTS OF DEATHS FROM COVID-NINETEEN IN ACADIANA.  THEY WERE IN LAFAYETTE AND VERMILLION PARISHES.

 

IT’S BEEN FIVE DAYS IN A ROW THAT SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAS RECORDED NO NEW DEATHS FROM COVID –NINETEEN.  THE TOTAL REMAINS AT SEVENTY.  THERE WERE TWENTY-SIX MORE CASES OF CORONAVIRUS IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA.  BEAUREGARD PARISH HAD THE MOST WITH NINE WHILE CALCASIEU PARISH ADDED EIGHT.

 

THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS ARRESTED A SUSPECT IN THE MURDER OF TWO PEOPLE IN RICHARD ON MAY EIGHTEENTH.  TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD DETRICK GUILLORY OF BASILE IS THE GRANDSON OF ONE OF THE VICTIMS, SEVENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD JOHN GUILLORY.  THE OTHER VICTIM, SEVENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD LOIS GUILLORY, IS DETRICK’S GODMOTHER.  GUILLORY HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER.

 

THE JC PENNEY STORE AT THE ACADIANA MALL IS CLOSING PERMANENTLY.  IT’S ONE OF THREE STORES IN LOUISIANA AND ONE-HUNDRED-FIFTY-FOUR STORES AROUND THE NATION THAT ARE CLOSING.  JC PENNEY HAS BEEN STRUGGLING COMPETING AGAINST E-COMMERCE AND THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC INCREASED THEIR PROBLEMS.  CLOSING SALES FOR THE ONE-HUNDRED-FIFTY-FOUR STORES IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ON JUNE TWELFTH AND THEY ANTICIPATE TO CLOSE ALL THE STORES WITHIN TEN TO SIXTEEN WEEKS .

 

THE ORGANIZERS OF THE DELCAMBRE SHRIMP FESTIVAL HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT THEY ARE CANCELING IT THIS YEAR.  IT IS NORMALLY HELD ON THE THIRD WEEKEND OF AUGUST.  IN A PRESS RELEASE, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SAID THAT “IN THESE UNPRECEDENTED TIMES, IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO FULFILL OUR OBLIGATIONS TO THE HEIGHT OF OUR STANDARDS.”  THEY SAID THEY PLAN ON MAKING NEXT YEAR’S FESTIVAL BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS IS URGING EVERYONE TO GET A GAME PLAN AHEAD OF THIS YEAR’S HURRICANE SEASON.  CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS MORE.

 

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TROPICAL STORM CRISTOBAL COULD BE A MAJOR RAIN EVENT FOR ACADIANA AND SOME PARISHES IN THE REGION ARE BEGINNING TO SET UP SITES FOR FILLING SANDBAGS.  BEGINNING TODAY THE PUBLICS WORKS DEPARTMENT ON JACK MITCHELL DRIVE IN CROWLEY WILL BEGIN MAKING SANDBAGS AVAILABLE FROM SEVEN-THIRTY TO THREE EACH DAY UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.  THE IBERIA PARISH PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS SET UP SEVERAL SITES THROUGHOUT THE PARISH WHERE RESIDENTS CAN FILL SANDBAGS.  THERE ARE TWO SANDBAG SITES IN LAFAYETTE PARISH…AT 400 NORTH DUGAS ROAD AND 10-17 FORTUNE ROAD IN YOUNGSVILLE.

 

THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RECORDED THIRTEEN MORE DEATHS STATEWIDE FROM COVID-NINETEEN.  THE TOTAL HAS REACHED TWO THOUSAND, SEVEN-HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO.  THERE ARE FOUR-HUNDRED TWENTY-NINE MORE CORONAVIRUS CASES AND THE TOTAL NOW STANDS AT FORTY-ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY-TWO.  THE NUMBER OF COVID-NINETEEN PATIENTS IN HOSPITALS CONTINUES TO DROP.  THERE ARE FOUR FEWER PATIENTS AND THE TOTAL IS SIX HUNDRED THIRTEEN.  THERE ARE FOUR FEWER PATIENTS THAT ARE USING VENTILATORS, WITH A TOTAL OF EIGHTY TWO.

 

ACADIANA REPORTED FORTY-TWO MORE CASES OF CORONAVIRUS.  THAT INCLUDES SIXTEEN IN ACADIA PARISH.  THE TOTAL IS TWO THOUSAND, SEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY-NINE.  THERE ARE TWO MORE DEATHS IN THE REGION INCLUDING ONE LAFAYETTE PARISH AND ONE IN VERMILLION PARISH.  THE TOTAL IS TWO HUNDRED SIX.

 

SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD TWENTY-SIX MORE CORONAVIRUS CASES, INCLUDING NINE IN BEAUREGARD PARISH.  THE TOTAL IS NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY-NINE.  FOR THE FIFTH DAY IN A ROW, SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA DID NOT RECORD ANY ADDITIONAL DEATHS.  THE TOTAL STANDS AT SEVENTY.

 

ABBEVILLE HAS HAD THREE HOMOCIDES IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS, ALL UNSOLVED, WITH THE LATEST OCCURRING ON TUESDAY.  CITY COUNCILMAN FRANCIS PLAISANCE SAYS THE COMMUNITY IS FILLED WITH FEAR AND DISGUST AT THE THOUGHT OF THE VICTIMS’ KILLERS STILL ROAMING THE STREETS.  HE TELLS KLFY TV THERE IS THE SOUNDS OF GUNSHOTS IN ABBEVILLE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THERE ARE HOUSES WHERE YOU CAN SEE BULLET HOLES.  HE SAYS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT NEEDS ALL THE INFORMATION IT CAN GET TO SOLVE THE CRIMES AND ASKED ANYONE WITH INFORMATION TO CONTACT THE DEPARTMENT’S TIPS LINE AT 892-67-77.

 

THE HEAD OF THE LAFAYETTE PARISH N-DOUBLE-A-C-P SENT A LETTER TO THE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT ASKING THEM TO ANSWER AND ACT ON BLACK RESIDENT’S CONCERNS ABOUT THE “PLIGHT OF THE MARGINALIZED.”  MARJA LYN BROUSSARD SAYS THAT LAFAYETTE DOES NOT HAVE FAIRNESS AND EQUALITY UNDER MAYOR PRESIDENT JOSH GUILLORY, CITING DISPARITIES IN HOUSING, RECREATION, HEALTH, AND THE LIBRARY.  SHE SAYS THE N-DOUBLE-A-C-P REQUESTS THAT GUILLORY MAKE KNOWN HIS PLANS TO ENSURE BLACK AND BROWN DIVERSITY IN THE LAFAYETTE POLICE DEPARTMENT.  GUILLORY HAS NOT ISSUED A PUBLIC RESPONSE.

 

A NEW VETERAN’S PARK IN WESTLAKE IS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE AND OPEN.  WESTLAKE CITY HALL IS STILL TAKING NAMES TO PUT ON GRANITE SLABS AND A DEDICATION CEREMONY IS PLANNED FOR JULY FOURTH.  A NEW SECTION TITLED “ALL GAVE SOME, SOME GAVE ALL” HAS BEEN ADDED WITH A STATUE OF A WOMAN PRESENTING A CASKET FLAG IN MEMORY OF A VETERAN.  MAYOR BOB HARDEY IS IMPRESSED WITH THE RESULTS BY THE REC DEPARTMENT,  SAYING THE PARK LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING YOU’D SEE IN WASHINGTON, D-C.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RECORDED THIRTY-FIVE MORE DEATHS STATEWIDE FROM COVID-NINETEEN.  THE TOTAL HAS REACHED TWO THOUSAND, SEVEN-HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE.  THERE ARE THREE-HUNDRED EIGHTY-SEVEN MORE CORONAVIRUS CASES AND THE TOTAL NOW STANDS AT FORTY-ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE.  THE NUMBER OF COVID-NINETEEN PATIENTS IN HOSPITALS CONTINUES TO DROP.  THERE ARE TWENTY-TWO FEWER PATIENTS AND THE TOTAL IS SIX HUNDRED SEVENTEEN.  HOWEVER, THERE ARE THREE MORE PATIENTS THAT ARE USING VENTILATORS.

 

ACADIANA REPORTED FIFTY-NINE MORE CASES OF CORONAVIRUS.  THAT INCLUDES EIGHTEEN EACH IN LAFAYETTE AND ACADIA PARISHES.  THE TOTAL IS TWO THOUSAND, SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVEN.  THERE ARE THREE MORE DEATHS IN THE REGION INCLUDING TWO IN ACADIA PARISH AND ONE IN ST. MARY PARISH.  THE TOTAL IS TWO HUNDRED FOUR.

 

SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD FIFTEEN MORE CORONAVIRUS CASES, INCLUDING TWELVE IN BEAUREGARD PARISH.  THE TOTAL IS NINE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE.  FOR THE FOURTH DAY IN A ROW, SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA DID NOT RECORD ANY ADDITIONAL DEATHS.  THE TOTAL STANDS AT SEVENTY.

 

ABBEVILLE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE SHOOTING DEATH OF A TWENTY-YEAR-OLD MAN EARLY TUESDAY.  THE VICTIM’S FAMILY HAS TOLD KLFY TV THAT THE NAME OF THE MAN WAS AARON WALLACE AND HE WAS WALKING HOME ON EAST OAK STREET WHEN HE WAS SHOT.  HIS AUNT, ANGELNIC BECKETT, SAYS SHE IS LEANING ON THE BIBLE VERSE, ROMAN’S 12:19, AND LEAVING VENGEANCE TO THE LORD.  ABBEVILLE POLICE ARE ASKING ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT AARON WALLACE’S DEATH TO LEAVE A TIP AT 892-67-77 AND YOU CAN REMAIN ANONYMOUS.

 

Louisiana lawmakers have resumed work on piecing together a budget. Their biggest unresolved financial question centers not on the coronavirus pandemic, but on how much they’ll want to give businesses in tax breaks to help them recover from the outbreak. The majority-Republican House and Senate called themselves into a 30-day special session that began immediately after their regular session adjourned Monday evening. The session’s aim is both to finish crafting a $30 billion-plus operating budget, but also to consider tax credits, exemptions and suspensions for businesses that were shuttered or forced to reduce operations since March because of the COVID-19 disease caused by the coronavirus.

 

CONTINUED CUTS WITHIN THE LAFAYETTE CITY GOVERNMENT HAS LED ONE DEPARTMENT HEAD TO PART WAYS WITH THE ADMINISTRATION.  CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS MORE.

 

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ANOTHER PEACEFUL PROTEST WAS HELD IN LAKE CHARLES LAST NIGHT.  THE FIRST ONE WAS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON.  IT STARTED AT THE COURTHOUSE, WHERE PROTESTERS CHANTED GEORGE FLOYD’S NAME AND THEN HELD A MOMENT OF SILENCE.  THEY THEN MARCHED DOWN RYAN STREET TO MARKET BASKET, CHANTING DIFFERENT SLOGANS SUCH AS “HANDS UP DON’T SHOOT”, “NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE” AND “I CAN’T BREATHE.”

 

THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS ASKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN APPREHENDING BRADLEY JAKE DRISKELL.  HE IS WANTED FOR ARMED ROBBERY AND AGGRAVATED SECOND DEGREE BATTERY, WHICH HAPPENED ON MAY EIGHTEENTH.  THE THIRTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD DRISKEL IS WHITE, SIX-ONE, ONE-HUNDRED-SIXTY-FIVE POUNDS,WITH BROWN HAIR AND BLUE EYES.  THE CRIME STOPPERS PHONE NUMBER FOR ACADIA PARISH IS 789-TIPS, WHERE UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLAR REWARD IS BEING OFFERED FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO AN ARREST.