Two more Disaster Recovery Centers opened today in Louisiana, one in Monroe and the other in Slidell. Mike Steele, with the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, says flood survivors can find personnel from all of the agencies involved in disaster recovery at these centers. He says small business administrators are also on hand with information about low-interest loans available for flood victims…:
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He says these centers will be open from 8 to 6 Monday through Saturday, and noon to five on Sunday.

This morning north of Sulphur in Calcasieu Parish, one person was killed and another injured when a pickup truck traveled into the path of a commercial truck, according to State Police. They say 26-year-old Laura Lee Reeves of Lake Charles failed to yield to the commercial vehicle when the collision occurred. Reeves was not wearing a seat belt and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Two weeks after Louisiana’s major flooding event, much of Ouachita parish is still underwater. Neal Brown, Director of Ouachita Parish Homeland Security, says rivers and bayous throughout the parish are still cresting, which means the water has nowhere to go right now…:
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He says the bad news is that when the water does eventually go down, it will spell trouble for parishes south of Ouachita.

Lawmakers are expected to get involved in the LHSAA’s public versus private school split that’s impacted high school sports. River Ridge Representative Kirk Talbot says he has legislation which he hopes will lead to the end of the split and bring all schools back together for postseasons..:
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Schools around the state have been invited to join a new high school sports association that would NOT have a split playoff system.