COVID-19

Coronavirus spread in Louisiana is third fastest in nation

Governor John Bel Edwards is stating somewhat emphatically that Louisiana is nearing a Corona-crisis. He says the state now has the 3rd fastest-growing COVID-19 caseload in the United States and could get much worse before it gets better.

Operation Overflow

The lush green forests around the cypress lake of Chicot State Park will now be used as a regional staging area in the aftermath of the coronavirus outbreak. “Unfortunately, we understand that this is going to impact our visitors with plans to visit Chicot State Park,” said Lt.

Screenings are in place

Sheriff-elect Charles Guillory said Thursday the Evangeline Parish Courthouse is screening anyone who comes in the courthouse, and they will take their temperature. If their temperature is above 100.4, they will not be allowed to enter.

Coronavirus hits Evangeline

A statement from President Ryan LeDay Williams: Dr. Tina Stefanski, regional medical director for the Office of Public Health in Acadiana, has just confirmed to me the first positive case of COVID-19 in Evangeline Parish. The individual is now quarantined.