The state’s Hurricane Ida Sheltering Program is continuing to move forward with more than 13-hundred travel trailers already placed in the hardest-hit parishes for those affected by the storm.

CUT 12(05)      “…families leased in.”

That’s GOHSEP acting director, Casey Tingle, who says the state purchased nearly 2100 of the trailers under the program announced by Governor Edwards in early October, because FEMA’s temporary housing plan was taking too long.

A Kenner man pleads guilty to an airline baggage scam that netted him about a half-million bucks from 180 separate false claims. 31-year-old Pernell Jones Jr would fly under a fraudulent I.D., then claim his luggage was lost; collecting reimbursement settlements from five different airlines. Jones could face decades behind bars at sentencing in February.

We all want to enjoy Thanksgiving dinner this year, but without the proper food preparation steps, you could be cooking up a foodborne illness. More from Dave Brannen…:

CUT 01(34)      “…Brannen.”

The Louisiana Department of Insurance Senior Health Insurance Information Program said it is urging Medicare customers to ignore unsolicited calls offering to help them switch to a different Medicare plan during the ongoing Medicare Open Enrollment. The callers are scammers and often the insured ends up in a worse plan than what they had; often at higher cost. Just hang up.