Governor Jeff Landry announces the state is investing 100-million dollars into Louisiana’s fortified roof program, which helps homeowners pay for stronger, more storm-resistant roofs. Landry says the benefits of fortified roofs go beyond individual homeowners, saying if enough homes in a neighborhood or community have fortified roofs, even homeowners without one can benefit.
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The first certified fortified roof was installed on a Louisiana home in November 2023. Since then, officials say 55-hundred homeowners have received grants to install a fortified roof.
Oberlin High School in Allen Parish has an interim head football coach. Corey Holmes is heading the program after a fight between Head Coach Robert Etheridge and Jaden Brasseaux marred Oberlin’s homecoming game against Centerville. The game was cancelled after halftime, and Centerville was awarded the 36-6 win. Etheridge and Brasseaux are both charged with simple battery.
Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser is in Japan on a ten-day trip aimed at boosting tourism from that country. Nungesser says prior trips have yielded very good results.
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Nungesser says Japan is the number-two international traveler to America, and he wants to attract as many of those travelers as he can.
By the end of today, we will officially be in Fall. LSU Health Climatologist Barry Keim says the state could use the rain as some areas of Louisiana are experiencing severe drought conditions.
Keim says the long-range forecast is calling for normal temperatures during the fall, but wetter than normal because of El Nino conditions.