Lake Charles Mayor Nic Hunter says the rebound from Hurricane Laura is going to be intense. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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FEMA warns Laura victims to be on the lookout for post-disaster scam artists looking to steal their personal information. Matt Doyle has the story.
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Families of children who receive free lunch and missed school days due to the pandemic can submit for pandemic EBT if they did not apply in May and June. Department of Education data governance director Kim Nesmith says roughly 264,000 students are left who haven’t been submitted to receive the funds.
Nesmith says the funds can be used to purchase food just like a regular EBT card.
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Nesmith says the cards don’t go out automatically, so it is important for eligible families to apply.
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Governor John Bel Edwards indicates Tiger Stadium will likely be limited to 25 percent capacity for the upcoming season.
Edwards says the limit to a quarter capacity is significant, but that’s still nearly 26,000 fans to get through the gates in a safe way.
Most SEC teams have made an official announcement on stadium capacity, but LSU has not so far. Edwards says even if they did announce now it could always change before, or during the season.
Other SEC teams have capacities between 20 and 25 percent, so this number puts us right in line with the rest of the conference.
LSU begins the season September 26th at home against Mississippi State.
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Lake Charles Mayor Nic Hunter says the rebound process from Hurricane Laura is an intense process and it is going to take a long time. He believes the city is doing the best it can to pick up the pieces and put things back together again. Hunter says residents are trickling back into the area.
Hunter says every industry in the city was hit hard by the storm, but he says they are all in the process of bouncing back.
Lake Charles temps are in the 90s today. Hunter says the city is working hard to get people back to the area, without having to use generators or rely on staying at the homes of family and friends.
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More than 123,000 Louisiana residents have been registered for FEMA aid, with more than 57 million dollars distributed to Laura victims so far.
Region Six spokesperson Melissa Wilkins says residents in 16 hurricane ravaged parishes are encouraged to apply for storm damage relief…
Wilkins says scammers are known to target victims in the wake of natural disasters and pretend to be government officials to steal your personal information. She says stay vigilant…
Wilkins says when you register with FEMA you’ll get an ID number that is not your social security number, so…
Those who suspect a fraudster is working in their community are encouraged to call 866-720-5721.
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