State officials report a huge data breach at the Office of Motor Vehicle, which could pose a threat to the security of your other online identity elements; like banking, Amazon, social media and more. Casey Tingle is director of the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security. He says passwords weren’t part of the data compromised, but better safe than sorry…:
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The NCAA College World Series in Omaha. LSU faces Tennessee this evening with first pitch at 6pm. The Tigers seek their 7th national championship, and many say they have college baseball’s BEST pitcher in Paul Skenes. Here’s Tigers head coach Jay Johnson…:
CUT 03 (11) “…mastered that.”
Skenes Is expected to start on the mound tonight for the Tigers.
Around 200-thousand homes and businesses across northwestern Louisiana lost power yesterday, as strong thunderstorms roared through; bringing straight line winds of up to 80 miles an hour. Shreveport National Weather Service forecaster Shane Pendleton says the damage and amount of cleanup is astonishing…:
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SWEPCO is still restoring power in Caddo, Bossier, Natchitoches, DeSoto and Red River. As of this morning, several hundred customers are still waiting for the lights – and AC – to come back on.
A new report says affordable housing is out of the reach of MOST Louisianans. The National Low Income Housing Coalition says one must earn AT LEAST $19.00 an hour to afford a modest 2-bedroom apartment; the average rent for which is around $1000-a-month. The coalition says that’s unrealistic for too many Louisiana low wage workers.