A study finds more Louisiana motorists are buckling up in 2015. Jeff Palermo has more….

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The Department of Children and Family Services announces changes to the food assistance program. Beginning today, those considered able-bodied adults without dependents must work at least 20 hours a week or be enrolled in a federally-approved job training program to qualify for SNAP benefits. If not, they will only receive benefits for three months over a three-year period. There is currently no imposed time limit for adults who are not able to work.

Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame announces its 2016 induction class and once again it’s a star studded group of athletes and coaches. One of the headliners is four time Major League Baseball All-Star Pitcher Ben Sheets out of St. Amant High. Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Chairman Doug Ireland says Sheets is also an Olympic Gold Medalist…

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The group of eight will be enshrined next summer at the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Museum in Natchitoches.

Some beautiful weather is on tap for Louisiana as a cold front has moved through the state and cooler weather is on the way. State Climatologist Barry Keim feels, for the most part, the long periods of hot sticky weather are over for 2015….

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You can expect highs in the mid-80s today, and around 80-degrees tomorrow.