The three-week registration process for hurricane victims seeking disaster food stamps begins today and wraps up on October 9th. Dave Brannen spoke with DCFS Assistant Secretary Shavanna Howard…
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It was a historically bad performance by the Saints yesterday as they lost to Carolina 26 to seven in Charlotte. New Orleans had just 128 yards of offense, the fewest for the franchise since 2001. Quarterback Jameis Winston’s quarterback rating of 26.9 is a career-low. The Saints are now 1-and-1 on the season.

LSU researchers have developed a new model to determine if the Gulf of Mexico will see an active hurricane season.
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LSU Oceanography and Coastal Sciences professor Paul Miller says they’ve used data all the way back to 1979 and found that warmer than normal temperatures in the atmosphere several miles above the Earth usually result in busier hurricane seasons in the Gulf.

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is offering hunters and taxidermist the chance at winning gift cards of 500 and one-thousand dollars if they submit a sample from a mature buck harvested during the upcoming deer season. LDWF Deer Program Manager Johnathan Bordelon says all submitted samples will be tested for chronic wasting disease…
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Bordelon says hunters who submit a sample to LDWF will be entered into drawings for the gift cards.