Kaplan Senator Jonathan Perry wants to set the record straight about the alleged comments he made about regulating the Cajun Navy. Halen Doughty has the story…
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The Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank lost nearly one million pounds of food as it took on four feet of water during the flooding. Emelie Gunn has more on their recovery…
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It was recently reported that Kaplan Senator Jonathan Perry wants to file legislation that would create more red tape for the “Cajun Navy” during emergencies. But Perry says that’s not the case. In an interview this morning with KPEL Radio in Lafayette, the senator set the record straight that he wants to help those volunteers.
Perry says he just wants to clear up the misconceptions about what he said. He says bills can’t even be filed until next year, and if and when he does file this legislation, it would not require a fee or tax to be a part of the Cajun Navy.
Perry says after WWL-TV and The Hayride wrongfully reported that he wanted to regulate the Cajun Navy, calls and emails came in attacking not only him, but his family as well. He says if anyone disagrees with what he said, that’s fine, but he wants people to get the facts straight first and leave his family out of it.
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The Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank received more than four feet of water, lost a million pounds of food, along with the majority of its equipment during the Great Flood of 2016. President and CEO Mike Manning says with the hard work and donations from the Salvation Army and other food banks, they’re back online distributing food…
Manning says other food banks from across the country have stepped up to donate during this tough time. He says right now, agencies from Tennessee and Texas are here to help.
It’s estimated it will take more than one million dollars to clean their facility. Manning says the warehouse is now completely gutted and it will take a few weeks to dry out and sanitize the facility but they’re lucky to have multiple satellite locations.
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The City of Central was hit hard by the Great Flood of 2016, with 90-percent of its residents taking on water in their homes. Mayor Jr. Shelton says 9-thousand out of 11-thousand homes were affected. He says complete subdivisions are just devastated and now Central residents are trying to rebuild.
Shelton says Central is a very resilient city and even after losing everything, people are still helping each other with the cleanup. But, he says his residents are working on adrenaline and he’s worried that will soon run out…
Shelton says up until today, people have had trouble signing up for FEMA assistance, mostly because they are stuck in their homes still in the cleanup process. But now he says they’ve set up a good communication line with FEMA.
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Hurricane forecasters are still monitoring the tropical disturbance called Invest 99 that’s developing near Puerto Rico. Todd Kimberlain with National Hurricane Center says they sent a plane today to get a closer look at the storm.
Kimberlain says there’s a high probability that this area of low pressure can develop into Tropical Storm Hermine.
Kimberlain says Invest 99 is moving in the direction towards the Bahamas. Some computer medals suggest the tropical wave could make its way into the Gulf, but Kimberlain says it’s way too early to guess where it will go.
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