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Louisiana will move back into a modified form of Phase 2 coronavirus restrictions, mostly lower capacity limits for businesses and gatherings, in an effort to slow the state's surging numbers of new COVID cases and hospitalizations, Gov. John Bel Edwards said at a Tuesday press conference.
The mitigation measures will continue to include the statewide mask mandate. Also:
-- All Louisianans are encouraged to avoid gatherings of individuals not part of their households.

Kathryn Shea Duncan, daughter of Kathy Duncan of Crowley and the late Shea Duncan, was recently featured in a story in The New York Times.
Duncan, a former Miss Crowley and International Rice Festival Queen, currently works as the media/public relations manager at Visit Lake Charles, the destination marketing and management organization for Calcasieu Parish.

The Abbeville Police Department took two alleged criminals off the streets of Abbeville on Sunday.
At approximately 12:00 p.m., officers of the Abbeville Police Department observed a vehicle traveling on the roadway which had extremely dark tint on the windows.
Officers conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle near the intersection of South State Street and Margaret Street.
The driver, identified as Donald Briggs III of Abbeville, was advised of the reason of the stop.