Attorney General Jeff Landry sends a letter to LHSAA executive director Eddie Bonine urging the association to allow the football season to begin.
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Three more parishes are approved for FEMA Individual Assistance. Acadia, Ouachita, and Vermillion join Cameron, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis, Beauregard, Allen, Vernon Parishes in the program with an additional 14 parishes still pending federal approval. Those who suffered damage due to Hurricane Laura may be eligible for assistance.
Louisiana moves out of the federal red zone for COVID case growth and into the yellow zone as we now have fewer than 100 new cases per 100,000 residents over the last seven days and below ten percent positivity. While that number is an average for the entire state, Governor Edwards says there are still some problem areas, mostly the state’s most populous parishes…
The White House report says East Baton Rouge, Jefferson and St. Tammany parishes have the highest number of new cases over the last three weeks.
Vernon Parish Sheriff Sam Craft reports the parish only has about five functioning fueling stations for civilian vehicles, and power is still out to the entire parish. Craft says long lines can be seen far down the street at these locations, and it’s led to arguments between desperate customers…