76-hundred Louisiana unemployment recipients got notices last week that they owed potentially over ten thousand dollars to the state and feds for unemployment overpayments. Louisiana Workforce Commission Secretary Ava Dejoie says that was the result of a technical error by a vendor, and it’s being corrected on their end…
If you’ve been impacted by this technical error and have questions you are encouraged to email LWC.
Haunted Houses will be allowed to open this year but they’ll have to operate under some strict health protocols to keep the COVID at bay. Only 25 guests and 25 workers will be allowed in the building and State Fire Marshal Butch Browning says those guests will have to be in small groups of only six…
Hurricane Laura had a substantial effect on the agriculture industry and Monroe pecan farmer Abraham Lincoln says his nuts were severely impacted. Lincoln says while there are still some nuts in the trees, there aren’t enough to make it beyond his local customers.
Louisiana isn’t the only state to see its pecan crops negatively impacted by hurricanes. Georgia is the nation’s largest pecan producer and they’ve been impacted by Hurricane Sally.
Utility provider B-E-C-i says they’ve restored power to 60-percent of their membership as power has nearly been restored to all of their customers in Vernon and Rapides Parishes. Following the storm, the initial estimate was that full restoration could take four to five weeks.
Cut 13 (04) “…in that estimate.”
That’s spokesperson Danielle Tilley who says restoring power for the remaining customer will be difficult.