BY DEANNA B. NARVESON | Staff writer Flood control: When construction on Baton Rouge's biggest-ever flood control project started in 2019, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projected the then-roughly $500 million plan would be finished by the end of 2021. Nearly five years later, work on the Comite River Diversion Canal has missed deadlines and the cost has nearly doubled. But officials now say they have finally cleared a roadblock that has hung up important sections of the channel for years. So, what's the deal? In Chicago: Former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu opened Tuesday night’s session of the Democratic National Convention, gaveling in the meeting. Read more about the evening here. Acquitted: The final salvo in a five-day retrial inside the 19th Judicial District Courthouse ended Tuesday in the acuittal of a man initially charged with second-degree murder in connection to a December 2020 drive-by shooting. It ended a nearly four-year saga that included a previous trial last year that ended abruptly in a mistrial. Read more. | 