The rain may be long gone in Avoyelles Parish, but the painstaking task of recovery is just getting underway. Joey Frank, the director of the Avoyelles Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, says many people in the parish lost everything.
Cut 3 (08) “…just thrown away.”
Baton Rouge officials are partnering with the FBI in searching the Baton Rouge North Landfill for the remains of missing 15-year-old Ja’Derrius Minnieweather. The searchers are wearing fully insulated suits due to the threat of hazardous gases. Fire Chief Michael Kimble says the safety of the men and women conducting the search is a top priority.
Police believe Minnieweather was beaten to death and picked up on a routine collection route to the landfill.
Political analysts say the hard part is over for Julia Letlow. Nearly all of them say Letlow is all but certain to beat Jamie Davis and be elected to the U.S. Senate. But after beating John Fleming Saturday night, Letlow says she’s not taking anything for granted.
Cut 6 (11) “…House of Representatives.”
Davis easily won the Democratic Party nomination, receiving 80-percent of the vote to defeat Gary Crockett. The Tensas Parish crop farmer and former police juror says his grassroots campaign is just getting started.
Cut 14 (13) “…ground up.” (woo-hoo)
Davis and Letlow will square off November 3rd, vying for the seat currently held by Bill Cassidy, who failed to make the GOP runoff in his re-election bid.