The massive rainfall in Avoyelles Parish one week ago is one step closer to being an official state record. A volunteer observer measured 29.06 inches of rain within a 12-hour period three miles southeast of Cottonport. Jonathan Brazzell (“Brazil”) with the National Weather Service is among a team of meteorologists who have verified that reading.
Cut 10 (10) “…will become official.”
East Baton Rouge Parish Pastor Tony Spell said he had a right to defend his family and church by fighting a neighbor who he claims threatened to kill and rape his family. Spell and his attorney blamed the Central Police Department for a failure to respond to numerous complaints made about the family, but Police Chief Roger Corcoran says that’s news to him.
Those looking to come to the U.S. to work as seasonal crawfish peelers could soon be eligible for the uncapped H-2A visas, under legislation sponsored by a bipartisan trio of Louisiana congressmen. Andy Brown with the Louisiana Farm Bureau says these workers are not taking any jobs away from Americans, who he says on a whole simply do not find that work very a-peel-ing.
The Shrine on Airline is getting a 30-million-dollar renovation to convert the former baseball stadium into a multi-use venue. Jerry Bologna, the executive director of the Jefferson Parish Economic Development Commission, says it will add visitor sideline seating, which is a must for high school football.