State trooper linked to racial violence was flagged for 'character flaws' as cadet, Hurricane Ida cleanup barely beginning for some Louisiana swamp communities

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with Jennifer Wadsworth | Assistant metro editor

Good afternoon. Here's what we got going on today.

No power, heaping debris

Some swamp communities accessible only by water have gone without power or debris clean-up for two months since Hurricane Ida. "We're just starting the cleanup process," one resident told our Florida Parishes reporter James Finn in this story.

'Character flaws'

A new report looks at how one of the State Police troopers linked to racial violence was long ago flagged for "character flaws," but that his personal connections trumped those concerns. Here's the story.

Bistro Byronz has a new home

"It's sort of like moving from our starter home to our next home and moving up," says Emilie Alton, CEO of Byronz Restaurant Family, of the eatery’s new digs in the former White Star Market on Government Street. Read all about it here and check out a video of the cool new space.

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