Baton Rouge Congressman Garret Graves is confident legislation will pass Congress this week that would allow thousands of homeowners who flooded in 2016 to receive federal grants through the Restore Louisiana program, even if they received an SBA loan. Graves says that means if you filed RESOTRE paperwork, but were ineligible, you could see the cash soon.
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Graves and other Louisiana leaders have complained about the federal government’s “duplication of benefits” rule.

State Police say a fatal train wreck in Webster Parish this morning left 33 year old Jason Fory of Minden dead. Troop G spokesperson Glenn Younger says for some unknown reason Fory’s pick-up truck stopped on the tracks at the Stuckey Road crossing and the train couldn’t stop in time.
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No one was injured on the train.

LSU and Oschner have finalized the take-over agreement of safety-net hospitals in Shreveport and Monroe. Jeff Palermo has more.
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Bad injury news for 5th ranked LSU. Coach Ed Orgeron says starting guard left guard Garrett Brumfield is out for Saturday’s game against Ole Miss. Brumfield hurt his knee in the win over La Tech and Coach O is not sure how many games the Baton Rouge product will miss. Freshman Chasen Hines will start in Brumfield’s place.