Two people are dead, including a district fire chief, and over 30 are injured after an illegal immigrant crashed a bus into a fire truck, three firefighters and several cars on I-10 in St. John the Baptist Parish near LaPlace. State Police Trooper Melissa Matey says it happened as another accident was being worked…:
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A rear seat passenger in the Camry was killed. One of the firefighters, District Chief Spencer Chauvin, died a short time later after being hit by the bus. Matey says the bus driver, Denis Yasmir Amaya Rodriguez, is an illegal alien from Honduras who was traveling with the group to assist in flood recovery work. He charges include negligent homicide.

Tropical Depression 9 is a poorly organized storm that continues to move into the extreme southeastern Gulf of Mexico this morning, according to the National Hurricane Center. It’s expected to become a tropical storm sometime today, then veer towards Florida by the middle of the week where it’s expected to make landfall.

The Governor’s Office will announce today where flood victims can go to register for the Shelter At Home program. Julie Baxter Payer says this program seeks to get people back into their own homes as soon as possible:
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Payer says people whose homes had less than two feet of water in them will be eligible, but applications will be assessed on a case by case basis.

After Hurricane Katrina hit 11 years ago today, there was a huge population shift from New Orleans to Baton Rouge. Will we see this trend again after the Great Flood of 2016? Demographer Greg Rigamer says that will depend largely on what kind of government assistance flood victims can receive…:
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