Today marks the official start of the 2020 hurricane season and the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness wants you to get prepared for a projected busy season. GOHSEP spokesperson Mike Steele says the state is actively preparing to have to respond to a severe weather event in the midst of a pandemic.
Steele says to start preparing for the season head over to https://www.getagameplan.org/
There’s a possibility we could see a tropical disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico later this week. National Weather Service Forecaster Stephen Carboni, says what was Tropical Storm Amanda in the Pacific is moving over Central America and
A Sunday afternoon plane crash in Pineville kills two men and leaves a 7-year-old in the ICU. The small aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff. The two men have been identified as twin brothers Ben and Blake Cooper. President of the Central Louisiana Chamber of Commerce Deborah Randolph knew the two men.
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Blake Cooper was the executive director of the Central Louisiana Regional Port Authority and Ben Cooper was an administrator at Oceans Behavioral Hospital in Alexandria. Randolph says the brothers were very active in the community.
Families of children who receive free or reduced-price meals are eligible for Pandemic EBT cards to help offset those meals lost when schools closed early, but they need to act fast. Syndi Dunn, Louisiana Department of Education spokesperson says applications must be completed by June 8th.