Personnel from the State Fire Marshal’s office and another 75 firefighters and medics from around the state leave for Florida this morning as Hurricane Michael is expected to bring life-threatening storm surge to the Florida panhandle.

Candidates for Secretary of State race say preventing sexual harassment is important, considering it led to Tom Schedler’s resignation. Matt Doyle has reaction from Kyle Ardoin, Heather Cloud, Renee Fontenot Free and Julie Stokes.
Cut 1 (30) “I’m Matt Doyle”

Louisiana is waiting on the federal government to provide the green light before they are able to distribute federal grant dollars to 2016 flood victims that were previously ineligible for more assistance, because they received an S-B-A loan. Division of Administration Executive Director Pat Forbes says the state is ready to act quickly…
cut 10 (10) “….new grant calculation”
The deadline to complete the application for Restore money has been extended until November 16th.

A petition has been started urging New Orleans officials to rename Lee Circle after beloved Saints quarterback Drew Brees. Lee Circle is where a statue of Confederate commander Robert E Lee once stood. Petition creator Blake Ivey says if there’s one guy who everyone agrees is not controversial, it’s Brees…
cut 15 (08) “….this guy”