The Louisiana Division of Administration had to spend 2.3 million dollars, mostly on personnel, responding to cyberattacks last year. Spokesperson Jacques Berry says these kinds of attacks require fast responses, and they don’t come cheap.
He says the 2.3 million dollar figure does not include local government spending on the responses.
Louisiana volunteers are helping in the aftermath of a deadly tornado outbreak in Nashville, Tennessee. United Cajun Navy founder Todd Terrell says the organization often recruits volunteers in other states as the need for help arises.
Terrell says they’ve recruited volunteers from Tennessee, Alabama, and Kentucky.
The Washington Parish Sheriff’s Office has arrested 21-year-old Ashlin Faith Lewis, who was found passed out inside a vehicle with a crying infant in a car seat. Chief Deputy Mike Haley says EMS was called to the scene and the infant was transported to Our Lady of Angels Hospital
Haley says Lewis was also wanted out of a Bogalusa on a warrant for the alleged assault of a health care worker.
Construction is set to begin later this month for a project to replace the 60-year-old LA 532 overpass over I-20 in Webster Parish. DOTD spokesperson Erin Buchanan says DOTD spokesperson Erin Buchanan says says two bridges built in 1968 on LA 4 between Castor and Lucky in Bienville Parish have also closed for several months due to poor conditions. Buchanan says closures happen out of concern for safety.