Johnny Jacobs Playground Opens as Cooling Center for Residents Affected by Outage

Johnny Jacobs Playground opens as cooling center for residents affected by outage

The Johnny Jacobs Playground will open at 11 a.m. for residents on 4th St. from Jung to Barataria Boulevard who will be affected by the outage.

Cooling center opening for Marrero residents impacted by Entergy outage

MARRERO, La. (WGNO) — Johnny Jacobs Playground will open as a cooling center for Marrero residents impacted by a planned Entergy outage Sunday, Aug. 24. According to Jefferson Parish officials, an Entergy contractor will be performing maintenance and reliability upgrades, which includes replacing nine poles on 4th Street from Jung to Barataria Boulevard. To perform this work safely, it was necessary to de-energize the lines. Fire from explo…