President Barack Obama visits south Louisiana today to see the damage from the Great Flood of 2016. Don Molino has more…
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LSU AgCenter economist Kurt Guidry says the flooding has resulted in a 110-million loss to the state’s ag industry. Soybeans and rice are the two crops hit the hardest and Guidry says hundreds of cattle were lost…
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Louisiana’s Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon says about 80-percent of the flood victims in the 20 affected parishes did not have flood insurance. Republican Baton Rouge Congressman Garret Graves says they are working on legislation that could provide government aid for homeowners who lost everything…
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Graves admits they could get push back from other members of Congress, because three members of Louisiana’s Congressional delegation did not vote for the Hurricane Sandy relief package.

The Humane Society of Louisiana is partnering with animal shelters around the country to help rescue and find homes for pets left behind when the flood waters rose. H-S-L Executive Director, Jeff Dorson, says they are still doing animal rescues in Livingston parish….
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Nearly 60 animals rescued from the Baton Rouge area were taken to a shelter in Virginia.