All three of the town council meetings scheduled for next Monday in Richland Parish have been cancelled.
The Delhi, Mangham and Rayville town councils normally meet on the second Monday of each moth.
However, all meetings have been cancelled in order to comply with thepublic health emergency and shelter in place orders declared by Gov. John Bel Edwards
Richland Parish farmer Cliff Mills, directed $2,500 to Care And Share Ministries through America’s Farmers Grow Communities, sponsored by the Bayer Fund.
Celebrating its 10th year, America’s Farmers Grow Communities partners with farmers to support nonprofit organizations strengthening rural communities. The program offers farmers the chance to direct a $2,500 donation to a nonprofit of their choice. It has awarded more than $33 million to over 8,000 nonprofits across rural America.
The State Fire Marshal’s Office has arrested an Epps volunteer firefighter for setting an abandoned building on fire.
James Travis Simmons, 26, was booked into the West Carroll Parish Jail on one count of simple arson and obstruction of justice.
The Epps Fire Department responded to the 4100 block of Highway 134 for a report of a vacant building fire around 2 a.m. April 1.
After an assessment of the scene, SFM investigators determined the fire originated around a window at the front of the abandoned store. The resulting damage was minor.
Louisiana’s COVID-19 case count soared by nearly 2,000 Monday as an avalanche of test results flooded in. The state posted 1,857 new cases and 35 more deaths since Sunday. The trajectory of Louisiana’s death count appears to have leveled off, now at 512 reported deaths Monday, but, “It’s going to be the hardest, saddest week for Americans,” warns U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams, citing total American deaths to top 10,000 this week. Louisiana continues to lead in per capita death rate with St. John the Baptist Parish at nearly 30 per 100,000 residents. Orleans Parish has 25.
On the day New York Mayor Bill DeBlasio called for a national draft of retired doctors and medical workers to be rushed to New York City, Louisiana COVID-19 cases broke above 10,000 to 10,297 cases. That's up by 1,147 new cases but that number represents half the increase seen Thursday which set a record 2,726 new cases. Governor John Bel Edwards said in his Friday press conference that's due in large part because Louisiana now ranks second in the nation for testing per capita.
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