FEMA Individual Assistance has now been approved for 16 hurricane ravaged parishes. Senator Bill Cassidy is optimistic that unlike the great south Louisiana flood of 2016 there won’t be the mass duplication of benefits problems that plagued those victims of a natural disaster.
Governor John Bel Edwards highly encourages Louisianans affected by Hurricane Laura to file for FEMA assistance immediately so they can receive benefits in a timely manner. You can do so by going to disaster assistance dot gov.
Edwards hopes that eventually 26 total storm impacted parishes will be approved for funding.
Monroe Senator Stewart Cathey Jr. asks high school football families to call their local superintendents and tell them to demand the LHSAA allow players to begin contact practices September 11th. Cathey also asks you to ask them to support the scheduled October 8th season start date. He says it’s not just about the players…
A New Orleans woman is arrested, accused of setting fire to her apartment building after being given an eviction notice earlier in the day. State Fire Marshal Butch Browning says the suspect, 25-year-old Jazlynn Major, was located and arrested in Huntsville, Texas.
Cut 12 (09) “…of aggravated arson.”
Browning says the fire displaced 26 residents who lived in the apartment complex and a dog also died in the blaze.