Howell Community Park pool will remain closed for the year

BATON ROUGE - The Howell Community Park pool will remain closed for the remainder of the year. Officials announced the decision during a community meeting Monday night. It comes after four juveniles between the ages of eight and 12 jumped over the fence with handguns on July 20."As a result of that all of our lifeguards bailed and said that we are not going to come back up here again because we are in fear of the safety of our body," BREC Interim Superintendent Janet Simmons s