Centenary College in Shreveport has a major campaign drive underway to support new facilities and programs ahead of its 200th anniversary in 2025. Teiko Foxx has more…
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One person is dead and eight motorists injured after several vehicles collided in another super fog event produced low visibilities in the New Orleans area. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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Centenary College in Shreveport announces it’s raising $50 million dollars to improve the four-year liberal arts school ahead of its bicentennial anniversary in 2025. Centenary spokesperson Kate Pedrotty says 20 million dollars will fund new infrastructure and upgrades to the School of Health Sciences – Mickle Hall.
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The renovations will also include new state-of-the-art laboratories.
Pedrotty says $10 million will support the transformation fund which will support new academic and co-curricular programs. She says the return of football will boost recruitment for the university.
Pedrotty says the college has already raised $37 million of the $50 million campaign goal. She says the campaign will also support endowed scholarship expansion and is a major component of operational support.
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Louisiana Congresswoman Julia Letlow is co-authoring legislation to provide rural communities with grants to upgrade their police and fire departments. Letlow says it’s time to step up and help our first responders in small towns.
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Letlow says if the BUILD Act passes every community in her district of 24 parishes would be eligible.
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Many rural facilities are still operating out of facilities built in the 1980s and with a small tax base Letlow says they are unable to adequately fund any upgrades.
The grants would be distributed through the Department of Justice and FEMA. $250 million will be allotted annually for the grant program over a three-year period.
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Smoke from a marsh fire in New Orleans East led to another deadly multiple vehicle wreck this morning on Interstate 10 near the Michoud exit. Christopher Bannan, a meteorologist with National Weather Service says the smoke was mixed with fog which made for very low visibility…
An adult male was pronounced dead in the wreck and at least eight people were injured. Officials say there were four crashes involving 13 vehicles.
Bannan says we could see identical conditions tonight and probably again tomorrow night…
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New Orleans Police officials say the marsh fire that’s creating the smoky conditions is on remote private property that’s difficult to access. There’s no fire hydrant service and the property is bounded by pipelines. Bannan says it’s been burning for weeks
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Seven motorists were killed on I-55 in St. John the Baptist Parish on October 23rd in a similar super fog event
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Cleco customers can receive rebates for the purchase and installation of electric vehicle chargers. Manager of Cleco’s EV Program Richard Biedenharn says the rebates are for both commercial and residential customers.
The residential rebates are for Level 2 EV chargers.
Rebates for commercial customers range from $1,000 to $3,500.
Biedenharn said a Level 2 EV charger and any type of application that’s in a multifamily facility, workplace, or a publicly accessible charger is eligible for a $1,000 rebate.
To apply or for more information, Biedenharn says to visit cleco.com/electrification