Today is the last day for those in Ida impacted parishes to apply for disaster food stamps. Brooke Thorington has more.
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The federal government is expected to announce this morning a sizeable increase in benefits for Social Security recipients next year. Rising prices for goods and servcies will result in larger checks for retirees. Experts say the increase could rival the COLA increase of nearly six percent during the Great Recession in 2009.

LSU-Shreveport is offering a third session of a course in Careers in the Legal Cannabis industry. Dr. Julie Lessiter is Vice-Chancellor of Strategic Initiatives for LSU-S and she says the class is a perfect way to acquaint oneself with the ins and outs of getting into the legal cannabis business…:
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Classes start next Tuesday and contact LSU-Shreveport Continuing Education for more information.

Services will be held this weekend to honor the life of Master Trooper Adam Gaubert, who was killed in the line of duty Saturday. Trooper Kate Stegall says Gaubert’s funeral will be held Saturday morning at St. George Catholic Church in Baton Rouge after visitation services Friday night and Saturday morning….
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The man charged in Gaubert’s death, Matthew Mire, is being held without bond.