(Lafayette, LA) -- Lafayette City-Parish President Joey Durel says local officials will appeal the findings of a federal audit that show the Cajundome owes FEMA more than two million million dollars it received from the agency for housing Katrina and Rita evacuees. The Cajundome received $8 million for sheltering thousands of evacuees, but FEMA wants the facility to repay $2.2 million it charged for usage fees, saying the money is not eligible for reimbursement. The usage fees are intended to compensate for revenue lost because of cancelled events. Lafayette Consolidated Government already plans to repay FEMA more than $1 million that was never spent on hurricane recovery. Cajundome Director Greg Davis says FEMA recently paid 68-thousand dollars in usage fees upfront when the facility housed 500 FEMA personnel who were working in this area during hurricanes Gustav and Ike, and says the agency is being contradictory by denying usage fees associated with Katrina and Rita.
A Texas woman was busted Thursday afternoon when Louisiana State Police stopped her for a traffic violation on I-20 in the Calhoun area.
The date for the capital murder trial of Tracy Young has been set.
Fifty-two-year-old Lee Roy Williams Junior was booked into the Calcasieu Parish Correctional Center this morning.
The southbound span of the Causeway Bridge was shut down for a while Friday morning after a Lacombe woman lost control of her Jeep Cherokee.
Former State Senator Ken Hollis of Metairie lost his battle with cancer Friday morning.
At least six people are confirmed dead and numerous others have been injured in a gas explosion yesterday evening in San Bruno, California.
Protests over plans by a Florida church to burn copies of the Koran on 9-11 have turned deadly near a German-run NATO base in Afghanistan.
Americans will pause to remember a tragic day in the nation's history tomorrow as the ninth anniversary of the 9-11 attacks are observed.
Fruits and vegetables need to appear more in the daily diets of Americans.
Picnic baskets are getting loaded with food and the backs of vehicles are opening wide as tailgating for football season begins.
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