Hurricane Franciene left behind damage, but it could have been worse. During a press conference in Terrebonne Parish. Governor Jeff Landry credited the millions of dollars in federal and state investments into hurricane and flood protection…

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State and local officials also acted as the storm was approaching. Franklin Senator Robert Allain says Morgan City Mayor Lee Dragna and a group of volunteers secured two pumps to spare the Lakeside subdivision near Lake Palourde of any major flooding.

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In the River Parishes, an estimated 300 homes were flooded as nine inches of rain fell in St. Charles Parish.

The state has received an additional 104-million-dollars in federal funds as part of the Federal Highway Administration’s annual redistribution of unused federal transportation dollars. Sean Richardson has the story.

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A Lafayette businessman was killed in a plane crash yesterday morning. The private aircraft went down on the golf course at Oakbourne Country Club, shortly after takeoff from Lafayette Regional Airport. The owner of Manuel Companies, Greg Manuel, was the lone occupant and died in the crash.