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Lake Arthur held its monthly board of aldermen meeting Wednesday evening, with the focus falling primarily on law enforcement and the town’s accounts.

Notable items on the agenda were the hiring and firing of positions within the police department, as well as a summary of a recent town audit.

Along with the termination of Assistant Chief of Police Keith Broussard, three other part-time officers were hired or promoted. Coy Guidry and Joseph Marcantel were hired as full-time patrolman while Cru Delcambre was hired as a part-time auxiliary patrolman.

By DAVE COLLINS and MICHAEL MELIA, Associated Press

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Residents in the Northeast dug out from as much as 2 feet of wet, heavy snow Thursday, while utilities dealt with downed trees and electric lines that snarled traffic and left hundreds of thousands without power after two strong nor’easters in less than a week — all with possibility of another storm in the wings.

With many schools closed for a second consecutive day Thursday, forecasters tracked the possibility of yet another lateseason snowstorm to run up the coast early next week.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African triathlete who suffered severe injuries when attackers cut his legs with a saw says he will focus on recovery so he can run and cycle again, South African media reported Thursday.

Athlete Mhlengi Gwala told News24 media that he panicked when several attackers pulled him off his bicycle and started cutting his leg, manually using the blade of a chainsaw after it malfunctioned.

“I don’t know why they would do something like that to me,” Gwala said a day after several hours of surgery in the city of Durban.