Point Coupee Parish is drying out after recording a foot of rain yesterday. The heavy rainfall caused flooding due to already over saturated waterways and levees. Sheriff Bud Torres Parish leaders are working on a solution that will protect residents in some troublesome neighborhoods, but it involves relocation…
Flood damage is also reported in East Feliciana Parish where 20 boat rescues were conducted where about six inches of rain fell.
Two children in Natchitoches were injured Sunday after they were hit by bullets. Police say the three and five-year-olds were hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries. The younger child was hit in the foot while the five-year-old sustained a shot in a calf. Several nearby apartments and vehicles were damaged. Suspects from the gunfight have been identified but no arrests have been made.
A second bacteria has been identified in connection with a salmonella outbreak from jambayla served at a softball game charity dinner in Caldwell Parish. Public Officer of Health for Central Louisiana Dr. David Holcombe says testing is underway to determine which foods were contaminated, which is a complex process due to the amount and type of food that was prepared…
Dr. Holcombe says they are still determining if a fatality is connected to the outbreak…
Motorists are still paying more for gas than they did at this time last year. AAA fuel analyst Don Redman says expect gas prices to decline towards last year’s average of 2.09 a gallon as the weeks go by…