Tickfaw State Park undergoing repairs from Aug. flooding

SPRINGFIELD - From its cypress and tupelo swamp to its bottomland hardwood forest, Tickfaw State Park is no stranger to water.The low-lying park, about 7 miles southwest of Springfield in Livingston Parish, occasionally serves as a detention pond for rainfall that overflows the Tickfaw River's steep banks.But the August flood ran deeper and farther than any flooding the park had experienced in recent history.Park Manager Cody Westmoreland said there were spots that held water that had never held