Avoyelles COVID for Thursday: 10 cases, 167 tests
Like a nasty summer cold that just hangs on no matter how hard you try to shake it, the COVID-19 pandemic refuses to give up the ghost in Avoyelles Parish.
Like a nasty summer cold that just hangs on no matter how hard you try to shake it, the COVID-19 pandemic refuses to give up the ghost in Avoyelles Parish.
All things considered, Avoyelles Parish had reason to feel optimistic Wednesday when the mid-week COVID update was released.
Simmesport Patrolmen Jordan Barton (left) and Cory Mixon (right) help a 50-year-old man back onto the safety of the Simmesport Bridge over the Atchafalaya River Tuesday afternoon (May 25). The Oakdale man said he had no reason to live. Numerous citizens spotted the potential tragedy unfolding and alerted authorities, who were able to talk the man out of ending his life. {Photo by Andrew Adams}
A man who said he lost his family in a car accident and had no reason left to live was talked out of jumping from the Simmesport Bridge due to the efforts of Simmesport police and numerous conc
Avoyelles Parish had a slight uptick in the number of COVID tests in the Tuesday update from the state, which health care officials say helps give a better picture of the virus' presences in the
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