09:30 LRN Newscast September 3rd

Crews with the Shelter at Home Program have started construction on 15 homes that were damaged by flood waters. Patricia Lee’s home was one of thousands destroyed by the historic rain event. Lee says the workers are fixing a bedroom and a bathroom, so she can live in the home while the rebuilding process continues…:
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To register for the program visit shelter-at-home-dot-la-dot-gov.

If you lost your job or income as a result of last month’s flooding, you can apply for disaster unemployment benefts at L-A-works-dot-net through October 14th. Director of the Unemployment Insurance Program, Renita Ward Williams…
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Williams says over 57-hundred people have already applied.

Louisiana has the highest adult obesity rate in the country, according to a new report from Trust for America’s Health. Don Molino has more…
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The LSU Tigers finally return to the football field as they battle the Wisconsin Badgers this afternoon at 2:30 at historic Lambeau Field. Also today, the Ragin Cajuns host Boise State, Louisiana Tech is at Arkansas and ULM hosts Southern. It’s the first game as Warhawks Head Coach for Matt Viator.