Two more forest fires broke out in Beauregard Parish today and firefighters have also been battling wildfires in northwest and southeast Louisiana. Ag and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain says the dead winter grass is helping to fuel these fires and he says firefighters have battled blazes where the burning dead grass was above standing water.
Strain says crews have battled more than 40 wildfires in Louisiana since the weekend.
The Louisiana Insurance Department says private auto insurance rates declined on average nearly six-percent last year, while homeowners’ insurance rates rose slightly. Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple says the average change for homeowners’ insurance was four-percent, but last year was the first time since 2020 that they had more three insurance providers file for a rate decrease…
The United Cajun Navy has joined the search for the mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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For the third year in a row, Central Louisiana Technical Community College is ranked as the top community college in the state. The ranking comes from Niche (“neesh”), a data-driven college ranking platform. Chancellor Dr. Heather Poole says there are many factors that go into CLTCC’s dominance in the state ranking.