Unemployment is down from last year, and state Economic Development Secretary Don Pierson credits more foreign investment and tech jobs…
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FEMA announces it will not issue or renew flood insurance policies during the partial federal government shut down. This impacts those individuals selling or buying a home that’s required to have flood insurance. The governor’s office says over 501-thousand Louisiana homes depend on flood insurance.

Thursday’s heavy rain event resulted in several homes taking in water. St. Charles Parish President Larry Cochran says about 30 homes expeirenced flooding in Norco, Montz, Destrehan and New Sarpy. About a foot of rain fell in Washington Parish, which resulted in some property damage and in St. Tammany, parish emergency management director Dexter Accardo says low lying roads are covered by water…
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Louisiana Chef John Folse and a team of cooks set a Guiness world record for the largest pot of gumbo, 68-hundred pounds. Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser was in Shreveport to witness it and he says it contained 983 pounds of shrimp, 590 pounds of catfish and hundreds of pounds of crab, alligator and oysters, plus rice spices and broth…
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The previous record was 58-hundred pounds.