The state is sending a plan to the federal government on how they propose to spend one-point-two billion dollars in flood aid. Jeff Palermo has the story…:
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The National Weather Service in Shreveport confirms an EF2 tornado with winds between 111 and 135 mph ripped through northern Bossier Parish late Saturday afternoon, leaving a trail of destruction in its path. Authorities say 29 homes or recreational vehicles were people lived were damaged or loss, but fortunately there was no loss of life or major injuries.

Homelessness in Louisiana is down 68-percent over the last seven years. That’s according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s yearly Point-in-Time count. Louisiana Housing Corporation Executive Director Keith Cunningham credits this decrease to hard work by his agency to help individuals living on the street…:
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The count showed there was just below four-thousand homeless people in the state in 2016, down from 12,500 in 2009.

Residents in the greater DeRidder area are making a push to get high speed internet in the rural Beauregard Parish town. Beatrice Teague started a petition because she and her neighbors are unable to get broadband connections in their homes. She says they have to use satellite internet, which is expensive and unreliable…:
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You can sign the petition online at moveon.org.