After last week’s ice storm, the daunting task of recovery is underway in northeast Louisiana.   Andrew Greenstein reports.

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Certain Delta Utilities customers struggling to pay their natural gas bills can now get some assistance. Sarah McLaughlin Porteous (PORT-ee-uhs) with Delta Utilities says the company has committed up to 200-thousand dollars to fund its new DU Cares initiative.

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Lane Kiffin spoke to the media yesterday for the first time since being hired as LSU’s head football coach. One of the first things Kiffin did in Baton Rouge was to sign the two best high school players in the state, Lamar Brown and Richard Anderson. Kiffin says even though he gets a lot of credit for keeping Brown and Anderson in the boot, the program recruits itself.

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He’s a Super Bowl champ, two-time NFL Offensive Player of the Year, a five-time All-Pro selection, and in the Saints Ring of Honor. Now Drew Brees is about to be a Hall of Famer. The NFL announces the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2026 tonight, and Brees is expected to be “in that number.” Luke Johnson covers the Saints for the Advocate and says it would be shocking if Brees is not a first ballot hall of famer.

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NFL Honors will air on NBC at tonight at eight.