Thirty-three new confirmed COVID-19 cases, 20 of them in St. Mary, were reported in three local parishes for the 48 hours ending at midday Sunday.
Two inmates at the Franklin Police Department jail face arson and attempted-murder charges, accused of setting Thursday night's fire in the department's file room, Police Chief Morris Beverly said.
A Morgan City man faces a murder charge in the Friday shooting death of a Thibodaux man, Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig Webre said.
The six confirmed COVID-19 cases reported for St. Martin Parish were the only new COVID positives reported in three local parishes for the 24 hours ending at midday Friday.
The precautionary boil water advisory for Assumption Parish communities, including Bayou L’Ourse, has been lifted.
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