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Union County Judge Bobby Edmonds had a look of relief on his face Thursday at the monthly Union County Finance Committee meeting.

And with good reason.

The leaky pipe at Calion’s levee was finally sealed with concrete at around 3 a.m. Thursday, putting an end to the days-long, around-the-clock effort to try and protect the city from the Ouachita River.

Union County Jail inmates, Edmonds and other county workers were at the site on Mill Road in Calion beginning early Wednesday morning. Thousands of sandbags were brought in to slow the leak until ...