Many flood victims in the Baton Rouge area are choosing to sell their flood damaged homes as is. Halen Doughty has more…
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The federal Bureau of Economic Analysis released numbers showing two of the nation’s fastest growing economies are in Louisiana but there’s also two metro areas considered the worst. Emelie Gunn has more…
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A summer for the weather record books comes to an end today. Jeff Palermo has the story….
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Today is the final day of what was a hot and wet summer. Alek Krautmann with the National Weather Service in Slidell says it goes down as one of the warmest summers on record for several Louisiana cities and in New Orleans it was the warmest summer on record since 1947. He says a very warm Gulf of Mexico is to blame.
Krautmann says our warm summer fits into the trend of an incredibly warm summer across the country, which could be the hottest summer nationwide. He says Louisiana also saw a very wet summer, with Baton Rouge experiencing the wettest one on record.
Krautmann says heavy rains are another result of the warm Gulf of Mexico.
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More and more south Louisiana flood victims are selling their flood damaged homes to investors as is. Baton Rouge area realtor Ginger Maulden says the category “Currently Damaged” is being used to help flood victims track and sell their homes. She says the listing will be especially helpful to investors.
Maulden says several homes in this category have already sold, and all of them were cash buys from investors. She says they expect the number of homes in the listing group to continue to grow.
Maulden says she believes this category will be useful for at least another year or two. She says there are a lot of flood victims who still don’t know what they’re going to do with their flood damaged homes.
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Louisiana has two of the country’s fastest growing economies, while also having two of the fastest-shrinking, according to data from the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis. Baton Rouge grew by over 5-percent and Lake Charles grew by about 8-percent. LSU Economist Dr. Loren Scott says right now, Lake Charles has almost 100 billion dollars in industrial announcements…
Scott says Baton Rouge has about 10 billion dollars in projects. He says these growths are primarily going on in the chemical industry and the liquefied natural gas export sector.
The numbers released show Houma-Thibodaux has the nation’s second worst economy, shrinking nearly 8-percent and Lafayette shrunk four-percent. Scott says these drops are linked to the oil bust. He says back in 2014, there were about 56 rigs operating in the Gulf of Mexico, now there are less than 15…
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A multi-agency investigation in Terrebonne parish has led to 29 arrests in just four days. State Trooper Jesse LaGrange says state police partnered with several narcotics agencies in Terrebonne parish to identify and target criminals in the wake of increased gun violence. He says they used street level enforcement, undercover operations and fugitive warrant services to find the violators.
Eighteen of the arrests were for felony charges. LaGrange says they also seized 388 grams of marijuana, 6 grams of crack cocaine, 5 grams of heroin, and various prescription pills. He says they recovered 6 guns, two of which were stolen, and over $6-thousand during the investigation.
The multi-agency partnership was nicknamed “Operation Carpe Platearum,” which means seize the streets. LaGrange says the public plays an important role in identifying criminal suspects and encourages anyone with information about criminal activity to report it.
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18th ranked LSU is getting ready for an Auburn team struggling on offense. The War Eagles have scored a total of 29 points against the two Power 5 teams they’ve played this year. Tigers Defensive Coordinator Dave Aranda says the big challenge for his players is all of the formations Auburn uses…
Senior defensive back Tre’Davious White has flourished in Aranda’s defense. Through three games, he’s already had an interception, a fumble recovery and a sack. White is playing more nickel back this season and Aranda says it’s because he’s a smart football player…
Linebacker Kendell Beckwith and safety Jamal Adams are two of LSU’s leading tacklers. Aranda says believes those two can be bigger playmakers as the season goes along…