Tuesday’s tornado in Arabi claimed the life of 25-year-old Conner Lambert. Chalmette High School football coach Jason Tucker says his former player who also graduated from ULL, was very family-oriented and moved back to the area to be near his relatives.
Lambert worked as an engineer at Stennis Space Center.
Governor John Bel Edwards declares a state of emergency for four parishes affected by Tuesday’s storms and tornados. Edwards says residents can help to speed up recovery aid by taking digital photos of damage to their homes and share that information with the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness.
Cut 11 (10) “…go to ‘damage.la.gov’.”
The parishes include St. Bernard, Orleans, Jefferson, and St. Tammany.
Many Hurricane Laura and Delta victims are still battling with their insurance companies and that’s why Alexandria Representative Ed Larvadain has filed a bill to create a Fraud Prevention Authority to investigate claims of fraud following named storms. Eric Holl with Real Reform Louisiana says the authority is modeled after a task force that investigates automobile theft and insurance fraud…
Cut 5 (11) “…or prosecuted.”
The House Insurance Committee has approved this bill and heads to the House floor for more discussion.
New Orleans Representative Royce Duplessis wants to limit the release of mugshots in an effort to prevent those who are innocent from the public embarrassment that it can impose.
The measure passed out of a House committee and heads to the House floor.