The Senate Homeland Security Committee is set to get some answers from the agencies involved in the flood recovery today. Halen Doughty has more…:
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An unrestrained teenager from New Roads died in a two-vehicle crash when State Police say the car she was traveling in was hit as the driver failed to stop at a red light. Investigators say 23-year-old Kelsey Moore, who also had five juvenile passengers in the rear seat aged 1-6, faces many charges including Negligent Homicide. Her front seat passenger, 16-year-old Shafteanna Williams died at the scene.

The FEMA manufactured homes are not being set up the way folks anticipated. So far, only one of the temporary housing units has been provided to a flood victim. FEMA Coordinating Officer Gerard Stolar says there is a lot of red tape when it comes to setting up on private property, and it would be quicker to put a bunch of units on a large piece of land..:
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The post-Katrina FEMA trailers were highly criticized, but some lawmakers say these larger manufactured homes are not practical either.

About 12-hundred purple and gold fans are headed to Lambeau Field this morning with the LSU Alumni Association to watch LSU take on the Wisconsin Badgers for the 2016 season opener. Spokesman for the group, Rhett Butler:
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The game kicks off at 2:30.

The Senate Homeland Security Committee will once again hear from disaster response agencies in the hopes of getting some answers for flood victims. Chairman and Baton Rouge Senator Bodi White says they still don’t know whether or not homeowners whose houses received damage worth more than half the value of their home will have to elevate their house before they rebuild…:
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He suggests homeowners write down everything a FEMA agent tells you and date it.

So what about those hard to get FEMA manufactured homes? FEMA Coordinating Officer Gerard Stolar told legislators a lot goes into setting up this temporary housing…:
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Only one FEMA mobile home has been installed on a flood victim’s property.

In the Florida panhandle, a Hurricane Warning is in effect for some areas, and watches and Tropical Storm Warnings in other areas as Tropical Hermine approaches. The National Hurricane Center says on the forecast track, the center of Hermine will be near the Florida coast in the warning area tonight or early tomorrow.

St. Amant High School lost everything during the floods, including their band equipment. The St. Amant Gators got a surprise this week when the Northwestern State band loaned them nine snare drums, four sets of tenor drums, and five bass drums. Northwestern Director of Bands Dr. Jeff Mathews says they wanted to help others during this difficult time…:
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Craig Millet is the St. Amant Director of Bands and says they can’t put into words how much this gesture means.