The Department of Children and Family Services has received federal approval for a second month of disaster food assistance for 11 parishes most heavily impacted by the August flooding. DCFS Secretary Marketa Garner Walters says anyone who received aid last month will automatically have their card reloaded this month….:
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She says recipients will have benefits loaded no later than October 18th.

Today, Governor John Bel Edwards will deliver remarks in Baton Rouge at the Business & Industry Leaders Luncheon for the Istrouma Area Boy Scouts of America Council.

The widow of one of the fallen Baton Rouge Police Officers killed in an ambush this summer announces on Facebook she is expecting a baby boy. Dechia Gerald says believes the baby will have a carbon copy of her husband Matthew Gerald’s blue eyes.

Secretary of State Tom Schedler has unveiled a very special “I Voted” sticker..:
Cut 3 (30) “I’m Halen Doughty”
Today is the last day to register to vote or make any changes to your registration for the November 8th election.

The postponement of the LSU-Florida game has many Tiger fans frustrated, but Quarterback Danny Etling says they can’t get distracted with all the talk about making the game up at a later date…:
Cut 18 (10) “here on out”