3:30 LRN Newscast

More and more Louisiana homeowners are having their homeowners insurance policies cancelled. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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There’s good news involving the story of two young girls being thrown from a Ferris wheel at the Harvest Festival in New Roads. The Pointe Coupee Sheriff’s Office says one of the girls has been released from the hospital. Still no word on why the bucket the girls were riding in…suddenly tipped.

 

It’s day 34 of the federal government shutdown and still no signs of the shutdown ending anytime soon. Governor Jeff Landry says he’s hopeful there will be movement to end the government shutdown following the election results of gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey…

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Louisiana began putting food assistance benefits on the EBT cards of SNAP recipients this past weekend. The money is coming from the state health department’s budget.

Nine horses were killed over the weekend when a horse stable in Slidell went up in flames. St. Tammany Parish Fire District One spokesperson Brian Macaluso says the cause is still under investigation and it could be anything from an electrical issue to arson…

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