A 76-year-old man accused of killing his wife over 50 years ago in southwest Louisiana will finally stand the second degree murder trial. Jury selection is underway in Calcasieu Parish. Mississippi native Felix Vail allegedly killed his 22-year-old wife, Mary Horton Vail, in 1962. Legal analyst Tim Meche says it’s difficult to try a case after such a long time:
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The investigation was reopened after a Mississippi newspaper featured a series about the victim.

The funeral for the legendary New Orleans jazz clarinetist Pete Fountain will be held August 17th at St. Louis Cathedral. Fountain died August 6th after several years of health issues. Visitation will be from 9-1130 at the cathedral, following 30 minutes of remembrances and eulogies, and a Mass at noon. Fountain was 86.

Southeast Louisiana is bracing for some heavy rains that could be coming by the end of the week due to a low pressure system in the Gulf of Mexico. Michael Hill with the National Weather Service in Slidell says we’ll likely see scattered showers today and tomorrow, but he says it should start to ramp up by the middle of the week…:
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He says flash flooding could be possible with this system.

Local Twitter accounts lit up today with pictures of a small plan that apparently had to make an emergency landing in the median of I-10 near LaPlace. There are no reports of injuries currently.