MONROE, La., (KNOE 8 News) - A Corps. of Engineers' plan to cut trees, power posts, fences and other objects in a stretch of the Ouachita River levee system from Morehouse Parish to Caldwell Parish has brought quick response from one Louisiana Congressman.
In a letter to Ass't Sec'y of the Army for Civil Works Jo-Ellen Darcy, 5th District Congressman Rodney Alexander said that while he appreciated the Corps' respect for the safety of the American people, that "...issuing determinations on levee integrity, in addition to using established science, I believe it is imperative to factor in good collective judgement and common sense."
The Congressmen goes on to say, "In this case, it makes little sense to order the expenditure of scarce dollars to remove items that pose little or no risk, while cave-ins along the same levee continue to worsen and become more of a threat and cost burden (which) do cause a severe threat to the integrity of the levee," adding that "...the local levee board is being forced to divert its focus and resources from risks that are serious to those that are inconsequential."
Friday, May 24 2013 10:47 PM EDT2013-05-25 02:47:06 GMT
MOREHOUSE PARISH, La. (KNOE 8 News) - A search is underway for an inmate who escaped from Morehouse Parish.25-year-old Christopher Allen Jones walked away from a work detail on Friday afternoon. Neighboring
MOREHOUSE PARISH, La. (KNOE 8 News) - A search is underway for an inmate who escaped from Morehouse Parish.
Friday, May 24 2013 6:40 PM EDT2013-05-24 22:40:16 GMT
RIVER RIDGE, La. (AP) - Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputies say a 52-year-old man apparently shot his 16-year-old son in the head and then turned the gun on himself in their home in River Ridge.
RIVER RIDGE, La. (AP) - Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputies say a 52-year-old man apparently shot his 16-year-old son in the head and then turned the gun on himself in their home in River Ridge.
Friday, May 24 2013 5:06 PM EDT2013-05-24 21:06:12 GMT
Monroe, La. (KNOE 8 News) - Police arrested Thomas Wroten this afternoon following a domestic dispute. At 9:15pm last night Monroe Police received an emergent call for help in the 5300 block of Blanks.
Monroe, La. (KNOE 8 News) - Police arrested Thomas Wroten this afternoon following a domestic dispute.
A Virginia man who was once one of the nation's most prominent swimming coaches has been sentenced to seven years in prison for sexually abusing one of the girls he instructed.
A once-prominent swimming coach who trained thousands of children was sentenced to seven years in prison Thursday for sexually abusing one of the girls he instructed.
Congressman Rodney Alexander
