BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana Department of Health on Monday verifies one additional death tied to Hurricane Laura, bringing the state’s current death toll to 15.
A 49-year-old man in Rapides Parish died from blunt force trauma while cutting down a tree.
Lonnie Vidrine, left, talks with Kerry Richard, who is in charge of the maintenance department for the school district. Vidrine spent the night at FIEB and good thing he was there because the pumps kicked off during the hurricane
Lonnie Vidrine, who works for the school district’s maintenance department, had a hunch that something bad would happen to the water pumps at Forked Island/E. Broussard School. Because of his suspicion, Lonnie and his son Blake decided to sleep in the school to protect it.
His hunch was correct.
Hours before Hurricane Laura was going to make landfall in Cameron Parish, the Vidrine men decided they would babysit the pumps and the dirt levy which surrounds the school. Lonnie’s wife headed to Dallas to avoid the storm, but Lonnie did not want to go.
Vermilion Parish Superintendent of Schools Tommy Byler announced this morning that the school district will be moving its start date for classes back to Tuesday, Sept. 8 due to Hurricane Laura.
The following are important dates for the
school district:
BATON ROUGE — Gov. John Bel Edwards has signed an executive order that extends Phase 2 and the statewide mask mandate, closure of bard to on-sited consumption and gathering size limits in Louisiana.
This extension is set to expire on Sept. 11.
Edwards said White House officials approved his decision to maintain the restrictions.
IBERIA PARISH – Shortly after 10:00 p.m. on August 30, 2020, Troopers responded to a fatal crash involving a pedestrian on US Highway 90 near North College Road. The crash claimed the life of 40-year-old Chad James Maturin of Abbeville.
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