Governor Landry, Senator John Kennedy and others took a helicopter tour of Terrebonne Parish to survey the damage left behind by Hurricane Francine. Senator Kennedy reiterated to those affected by the storm that the state will get the federal money that it’s entitled to under President Biden’s emergency declaration.
Cut 12 (07) “…worry about that.”
Morgan City was hit especially hard by Francine. Franklin Senator Robert Allain says the cooperation of all agencies greatly mitigated the damage.
Cut 9 (09) “…fund that program.”
Allain says the rain was coming down so hard and so fast there that there was no way that the pumps in the area could keep up. The pumps are designed to stop working when rainfall exceeds ten inches. Morgan City Mayor Lee Dragna and a group of volunteers secured two pumps to spare one neighborhood near Lake Palourde of any major flooding..
A Ruston elementary school PE teacher is under arrest after allegedly threatening a third-grade class. Union Parish Sheriff’s Investigators say 70-year-old Robert Mitcham became angry and told the kids he had a gun and would use it. Sheriff Dusty Gates says they must take threats seriously.
Mitcham has also been barred from the campus.
DOTD is awarded $104 million in redistributed funds by the Federal Highway Administration. DOTD Spokesman Rodney Mallet says the money will help pay for new roadways, bridges, and other large essential projects.
This redistribution occurs annually, allocating unused federal funds from other states to those that have met certain requirements and can use the funds efficiently.