The Red Cross is offering volunteers the option to help out virtually with the response to Hurricane Laura. Matt Doyle has the story.
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Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry is urging LHSAA executive director Eddie Bonine to turn on the Friday Night Lights. Landry sent Bonine a letter that says the association’s concerns about COVID-19 liability when it comes to football are unfounded. Meanwhile, the high school volleyball season will be allowed to begin a week from today.

The U-S Army Corps of Engineers blue roof program is starting up in six Laura-impacted parishes with the aim of allowing storm victims to remain in their home while permanent repairs are made. Governor John Bel Edwards says blue roofs were common after Katrina and just like in 2005 it’s a free service
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Homes in Cameron, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis, Beauregard, Allen, Vernon parishes could be eligible for blue roof installation.

The governor also says power could be out for three weeks in the Lake Charles as it will take a while to get poles reinstalled and transmission lines hooked up again with electricity. Traffic signals are not working and there’s a lot of traffic. Lake Charles Police Chief Shawn Caldwell…
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