Registration for the next round of grants through the Louisiana Fortify Homes Program opens at eight tomorrow morning. Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple says homeowners can apply for a chance to receive up to 10-thousand dollars in grants to upgrade their roofs.
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We’re getting local reaction to President Trump’s executive order halting new development of wind energy. LaRose Republican Representative Joseph Orgeron says Trump’s order does not affect any current wind farms.
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Orgeron says Trump is a longtime critic of wind farms, possibly because a wind farm was put up near a golf course in Scotland that he had purchased.
Baton Rouge-based Cajun Industries is bringing 600 jobs to the Port of Iberia with a new assembly yard. Sean Richardson has more.
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A sheriff’s deputy in Evangeline Parish finds himself on the other side of the law. The sheriff’s office there says 36-year-old Joshua Uhlman is charged with several counts of indecent behavior with juveniles. Investigators say he would provide them money and alcohol if they allowed him to take indecent photos. Uhlman is being held on 150-thousand dollars bond.