07:30 Newscast, September 1st, 2016

The Senate Homeland Security Committee is set to get some answers from the agencies involved in the flood recovery today. Halen Doughty has more…:
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An unrestrained teenager from New Roads died in a two-vehicle crash when State Police say the car she was traveling in was hit as the driver failed to stop at a red light. Investigators say 23-year-old Kelsey Moore, who also had five juvenile passengers in the rear seat aged 1-6, faces many charges including Negligent Homicide. Her front seat passenger, 16-year-old Shafteanna Williams died at the scene.

The FEMA manufactured homes are not being set up the way folks anticipated. So far, only one of the temporary housing units has been provided to a flood victim. FEMA Coordinating Officer Gerard Stolar says there is a lot of red tape when it comes to setting up on private property, and it would be quicker to put a bunch of units on a large piece of land..:
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The post-Katrina FEMA trailers were highly criticized, but some lawmakers say these larger manufactured homes are not practical either.

About 12-hundred purple and gold fans are headed to Lambeau Field this morning with the LSU Alumni Association to watch LSU take on the Wisconsin Badgers for the 2016 season opener. Spokesman for the group, Rhett Butler:
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The game kicks off at 2:30.