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🌱 Homer audit flags missing utility money and unauthorized rate increases
Homer, Louisiana Patch AM: a 3 min readGood morning Homer! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Homer audit flags missing utility money and unauthorized rate increases
- Homer draws East Beauregard in football playoff opener
- Woman killed in school bus crash east of Homer
Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Nice and warm with some sun, with a high of 78 and low of 47 degrees.
- Thursday: Sunny; pleasant, less humid, temps: high: 72, low: 43.
- Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 64 and low of 36 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. Audit: Missing utility payments, credits to landlord accounts, unauthorized salary increases among Homer findings (ktbs.com) — Homer utility customers were billed an extra $100,935 under a rate increase imposed without required approvals, state auditors found. The investigation also identified $16,769 in missing utility collections and more than $250,000 in unpaid payroll taxes. Auditors said actions by the mayor and treasurer may have violated state law. 
2. Brackets released for LHSAA football (ksla.com) — Homer opens the football playoffs as the No. 15 seed against No. 18 East Beauregard in Division IV non-select. The newly released LHSAA brackets set the postseason path after 10 weeks of regular-season play, with nearby Haynesville also in the field.
3. Woman killed in Claiborne school bus crash (lincolnparishjournal.com) — A school bus carrying students was struck from behind Friday on Highway 2 east of Homer, killing the SUV's driver, Louisiana State Police said. No students or the bus driver were injured. Troopers are investigating what caused the collision near Bella Vista Road and have not released the woman's name.
4. Remembering Deborah Ann Lewis Maynard (shreveportbossierjournal.com) — Deborah Ann Lewis Maynard, a Homer native who loved music, painting and time with her four grandchildren, died November 5 at 76. She raised her family in Natchitoches and spent her last 27 years in Shreveport. A memorial visitation is scheduled for November 16, 4–7 p.m., at Rose-Neath Funeral Home on Southside Drive in Shreveport.
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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