FEMA has extended the Transitional Sheltering Assistance program until December 18th to benefit people displaced by the August flooding. Denham Springs resident and flood victim Dennis Rodriguez is living in a Breaux Bridge hotel thanks to the program and says it has been a tremendous help…:
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He says he’d have nowhere to live if the program ended on November 18th like originally planned.

After a heated US Senate race, Caroline Fayard has endorsed Foster Campbell in the runoff. UL-Lafayette political science professor Pearson Cross says this endorsement is about fence mending…:
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Cambpell faces a tough battle against Republican John Kennedy in the December 10th runoff.

Michael Doherty, a junior at St. Paul’s High School, is continuing to recover from a neck injury he sustained in a game last Friday night, and the community is rallying behind him in a huge way. Doherty collided with three players which resulted in the neck break. The school’s athletic director, Craig Ketelsen, says Doherty is a hard working young man, dedicated to his teammates…:
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A GoFundMe page in support of Doherty has received over $10,000.

Governor John Bel Edwards issued a statement today in response to the fact that TOPS students will only be eligible for about 40% of the total award for the upcoming spring semester. He says it’s his hope that they can restore funding to TOPS because too many students were counting on the funds they were promised. He said he’s asking the legislature to work with him in the next session so that Louisiana students are not left to shoulder the burden of the state’s financial problems.