Tropical Storm Cristobal made landfall late yesterday afternoon near Grand Isle with maximum sustained winds at 50 miles per hour. State Climatologist Barry Keim says Cristobal produced a storm surge of six feet in St. Bernard Parish…
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More rainfall is expected today.

Disaster food stamp assistance is not needed for Cristobal, but the Department of Children and Family Services is still asking the public to pre-register for what is known as DSNAP assistance. DCFS Secretary Marketa Garner Walters says D-SNAP helps people who have lost food as a result of a disaster.
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Walters says go to www.dcfs.la.gov/dsnap to register.

It’s the first day on the job for the state’s new superintendent of education, Cade Brumley. The 39-year-old says the long-range goals are to produce more college-ready graduates ready for college and providing quality pre-K education. Brumley acknowledges the most immediate challenge is the upcoming academic year and he’s considering several possibilities…
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ULM is investigating racially insensitive social media posts that were allegedly made by two of their faculty members. According to the Monroe News Star assistant nursing professor, Mary Holmes referred to former President Barack Obama as a monkey and biology instructor Dennis Bell used a racial slur on his Facebook page. ULM says it condemns the stunningly bigoted and racist language in social media posts by select faculty members.