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6-21-17

Residents and officials along the Louisiana Gulf Coast are keeping an eye on Tropical Storm Cindy.  The storm formed yesterday in the Gulf of Mexico. It’s expected to move slowly toward the Louisiana-Texas line. And the National Weather Service says it poses a threat of dangerous flash flooding.  Forecasters say some areas of Louisiana could see a foot of rain.

 

SEVERAL SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED TODAY DUE TO THE WEATHER.  HERE’S JULIE DARCE WITH THE LIST.

 

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SCHOOLS ARE ALSO CLOSED THROUGHOUT SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA.  MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY CANCELED CLASSES TODAY AND TOMORROW AND SOWELA TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE IS CLOSED TODAY.

 

ENTERGY SAYS IT HAS ITS CREWS READY IN CASE OF POWER OUTAGES CAUSED BY TROPICAL STORM CINDY.  THEY’VE ALREADY HAD CREWS WORKING TO TRIM BRANCHES AND TREES FROM THE AREA TO HELP PREVENT OUTAGES.  ENTERGY SPOKESMAN RON CHILDRESS SAYS CUSTOMERS SHOULD HAVE A PLAN OF ACTION FOR STORMS.  ENTERGY AND CLECO OFFER TEXT MESSAGE ALERTS FOR CUSTOMERS WHO SIGN UP.

 

TROPICAL STORM CINDY IS CAUSING HAVOC WITH THE JENNIE FINCH WORLD SERIES TAKING PLACE IN SULPHUR THIS WEEKEND.  120 TEAMS, SOME FROM AS FAR AS CALIFORNIA, HAD PLANNED TO COME, BUT FINCH SAYS THEY ARE DOWN TO ABOUT 80 TEAMS, WITH SOME CANCELING BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER.  THE OPENING CEREMONY WILL GO ON AS PLANNED THIS EVENING, BUT THERE WILL BE NO GAMES TODAY.  SHE SAYS THEY’LL GO DAY BY DAY, MONITORING THE WEATHER, AND THEY HAVE OPTIONS WITH THE BRACKET IF GAMES END UP BEING CANCELED ON THURSDAY.

 

THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICE IS PREPARING RECOMMENDATIONS ON CHANGES TO THE SCHOOLS OF CHOICE PROGRAMS THAT THEY WILL BE PRESENTING TO THE SCHOOL BOARD IN THE COMING WEEKS.  ONE PROPOSED CHANGE IS MOVING THE APPLICATION PERIOD TO BETWEEN NOVEMBER FIRST AND DECEMBER FIRST EACH YEAR WITH THE SELECTION EVENT TAKING PLACE IN THE THIRD WEEK OF JANUARY.  THEY ALSO WANT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE SCHOOLS OF CHOICE PROGRAM SO THERE’S NO CONFUSION WITH SCHOOL CHOICE.  AND THERE COULD BE MORE STRINGENT GRADE REQUIREMENTS FOR A STUDENT TO GET INTO THE SPECIALIZED ACADEMIES.

 

TWO CHILDREN FROM NEW IBERIA, WHO WERE REPORTED MISSING, HAVE BEEN LOCATED AND ARE SAFE.  STATE POLICE ISSUED A LEVEL TWO ENDANGERED MISSING CHILD MEDIA ADVISORY FOR SEVEN-YEAR-OLD EASTON ALFRED AND HIS TWO-YEAR-OLD SISTER, ENDIE DACOSTA BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED THE CHILDREN WERE IN IMMINENT DANGER.  IT WAS BELIEVED THAT THEIR MOTHER HAD TAKEN THEM.  NO FURTHER DETAILS HAVE BEEN RELEASED ABOUT HOW THEY WERE FOUND.  AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE INCIDENT IS ONGOING.

 

After adding 7,000 children to the rolls, Louisiana is reaching its limit in a key child care aid program and will start a waiting list next month.  The Advocate reports families that apply between now and July 1 can get in without a wait. After that, state officials said Monday the new applicants will head to the waiting list.

The federally-funded Child Care Assistance Program helps pay the cost of child care while their low-income parents are at work, school or in job training.