COVID-19

City’s reopening hit some glitches

Golfing that had resumed at the Eunice Country Club had to be suspended for a week after a tournament was followed by a couple cases of COVID-19.

Parish jobless rate was 13.2% in April

Louisiana’s not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased to 14.5% for April, according to preliminary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

When memories are what matters most

A million years ago, we were worried about who was going to win the Iowa Caucuses, and then Super Tuesday, and then when Bernie Sanders was finally going to pack it in.

Learning to live with corona hair

It’s high time Americans accept a first-world side effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, and I don’t mean those blasted directional floor stickers I can’t navigate in the aisles at Walmart. No, I’m referring to male-pattern corona hair.

Virus death toll in parish rises to 52

The death toll from COVID-19 in St. Landry Parish rose to 52 with Wednesday’s report from the Louisiana Department of Health.

3 crawfish farms hit by coronavirus

Around 100 people at three crawfish farms in the Acadiana region have tested positive for the new coronavirus, state health officials said Monday, the first workplace clusters announced by the state since the outbreak began.

Parish nursing home has most deaths in state

The J. Michael Morrow Memorial Nursing Home in Arnaudville reports the most COVID-19 deaths of any nursing home in the state.
On Monday, the Louisiana Department of Health released COVID-19 data from the state’s licensed nursing homes.

St. Landry Parish curfew lifted; courthouse to open

The St. Landry Parish nightly curfew expired at 6 a.m. Friday.
The parish-wide curfew was put in place in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in conjunction with the governor’s stay-at-home order that has also expired.

Covid-19 death toll at 51 in St. Landry Parish

The death toll from Covid-19 in St. Landry Parish stood at 51 in the noon Louisiana Department of Health report on the virus.
St. Landry Parish’s cases had reached 244 with 254 state tests and 3,280 commercial tests.

Fire marshall details how business should reopen

Most people think of the Louisiana Fire Marshal's Office when it comes to fighting fires and rescuing burn victims from within an inferno, but Louisiana's Fire Marshal Butch Browning is today at the forefront of keeping COVID-19 from spreading lik