Congress passed a bill to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program, which was set to expire on September 30. Halen Doughty has the story…:
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75 Soldiers from the Louisiana National Guard’s 165th Combat Sustainment and Support Battalion are set to deploy to Afghanistan. Col. Ed Bush says these troops will be overseas for about a year…:
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A deployment ceremony is set for 11am this morning at Bossier Parish Community College.

The LSU football team is 2-0, but the Tigers still have a lot to work on as they head into this Saturday’s SEC opener versus Mississippi State in Starkville. Quarterback Danny Etling has looked sharp. Through two games, he’s completed 71-percent of his passes for nearly 400 yards, one touchdown and zero interceptions. Head Coach Ed Orgeron…:
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LSU remains No. 12 in the AP top 25 poll.

Hurricane Irma is slated to be downgraded to a tropical storm later today as it continues to move inland from Florida into Georgia. Rough conditions persist across the peninsula, where more than 160,000 people are waiting in shelters.