The Army Corps of Engineers announces a plan to spend $85 million this year to deepen the lower Mississippi River. The Corps estimates a national economic benefit of $127.5 million annually. It’s a project that has been pushed for a long time and Port of New Orleans spokesperson Matt Gresham says a study indicated that improvements offer an 80-to-1 cost-to-benefit ratio.
The project is expected to cost nearly $240 million, with the state covering more than $100 million.
State Police is investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting in Lafayette. The deceased has been identified at 40-year old Jeremy Todd Baham of Lafayette. Trooper Thomas Gossen says the shooting happened last night on Kaliste Saloom Road.
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LSU football will kick-off the 2022 and 2023 seasons by facing Florida State. The 2022 season opener will take place in the Superdome in New Orleans and the following year the two teams will meet in Orlando. Sugar Bowl CEO Jeff Hundley says they’ve spent about two years trying to put this game together…
Hundley says each school will be given 30-thousand tickets that they can sell to their fans and that number could go up depending on demand.
North Louisiana remains under a flash flood watch until six pm tomorrow night. The Ouachita Parish Police Jury has declared a state of emergency as the Monroe area braces for flooded roads and rivers. National Weather Service Meteorologist Nicholas Fenner says there is an elevated risk for flash flooding…