Another round of grants to help homeowners pay for a fortified roof is coming up, and you can register now for the lottery. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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The Second Amendment Weekend Sales Tax holiday is this weekend. From Friday to Sunday, consumers will not have to pay state and local sales taxes when purchasing firearms, ammunition and a wide range hunting supplies, including archery items, hunting apparel and certain types of knives.
Southwest Louisiana continues rebuilding five years after Hurricane Laura made landfall. Calcasieu Parish President Judd Bares (BEAR-es) says months after the vicious storm, the parish developed a long-term hurricane recovery plan which helped produce a more resilient and upgraded infrastructure system….
Twenty years ago, the largest field hospital in U.S. history was set up at LSU to provide care for storm weary patients who were ill or injured because of Hurricane Katrina. Doctor Matthew Giglia (JIL-lyah) was a sophomore at LSU planning to pursue a medical career and his time as a volunteer at the field hospital in the PMAC convinced him to become a doctor…
Doctor Giglia is now chief of surgery and a colon and rectal surgeon at Ochsner MD Anderson Cancer Center in Baton Rouge.