| By Drew Broach | Deputy metro editor
LONG HAULERS: The trucks came from as far as Wisconsin and Florida, driven by people who are normally loggers but descended upon Louisiana after Hurricane Ida produced untold amounts of wreckage that needed to be hauled somewhere. These laborers, along with a host of emergency management firms, contractors, landowners and monitors that are part of the debris economy, are here for a share of the hundreds of millions of dollars that federal, state and local governments likely will spend on what is generally the costliest part of hurricane recovery: picking up what's ruined by the storm. Some of them are getting a workout in the hard-hit River Parishes, where emergency contractors have collected almost 1 million cubic yards of debris and are not nearly finished.
FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS: Across the South, high school football teams faced off Friday night in their weekly quest for glory. Except in Bogalusa, where the scheduled game between the hometown Lumberjacks and rival Varnado Wildcats was canceled after a spate of gun violence left school officials worried "for the safety of all concerned."
OFF TO JAIL: New Orleans police arrested Superintendent Shaun Ferguson's son on Friday on charges of hitting police officers who were investigating disturbance involving him at Sewerage and Water Board headquarters.
Welcome to the weekend. Keep up with news all day on NOLA.com. D.B. | 
