6:30 LRN Newscast

When you step outside today, be prepared….it’s no longer summer. State Climatologist Barry Keim
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High temperatures today will only be in the 50s and it will also be breezy. The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for central and south Louisiana, which means dangerous fire conditions have returned.

Today is the last day to turn in an application to be eligible for grant dollars to help make home repairs if you received damage during the 2020 and 21 hurricanes or the May 2021 severe storms. Director of the Louisiana Office of Community Development Pat Forbes says there are about 65-hundred homeowners who completed the initial survey but not yet submitted applications…
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For more information go to restore.la.gov.

It’s Halloween so the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission wants motorists to be on the look out for trick or treaters. Colleen Crain reports October is consistently one of the deadliest months of the year on Louisiana’s roads…
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