A rape victim finally gets justice 30 years later. Halen Doughty has the story…:
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The House appropriations committee advanced the state’s re-worked operating budget bill today by a vote of 17-5. Among the amendments included in the plan was one that would take $82 million dollars from the state Department of Health in order to fully fund the TOPS scholarship program. Republicans voted yes, Democrats voted no. The measure now heads to the full House.

Rising waters are a concern today in Evangeline Parish, as flooding from that weekend storm system hit at least two towns hard. Director of the Evangeline Office of Emergency Preparedness, Liz Hill says Mamou was hit hard, but the town of Basille on the Acadia Parish line was also affected:
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She says parts of the hospital in Mamou were flooded, as well as the Elementary and High School.

A wet roadway following rain Sunday may have been a factor in a crash that claimed the life of an on-duty Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s deputy. State Police believe 26-year-old Deputy Justin Beard lost control of his patrol car and slammed into an embankment. Trooper Michael Reichardt says Beard was a deputy at OPSO for over three years and leaves behind a wife and three young children…:
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They say Beard was not wearing a seat belt and was pronounced dead at the scene.