It has been one month since Hurricane Laura made landfall, bringing widespread destruction to southwest Louisiana. President of the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury says most people have gotten electricity back, but the next big hurdle is getting people housed.
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Enrollment at Natchitoches based Northwestern State University is up five percent this year to a record 11,447 students. Demons President Nick Maggio says the 136-year-old institution is thriving and seeing gains across the board.
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The Saints dropped to 1-2 on the year after a close 37-30 loss in Green Bay last night. A later fumble by Taysom Hill and yet another penalty-filled performance from the team did the Black and Gold in.
Tigerland is in turmoil after the defending champs were taken down in Baton Rouge by unranked Mississippi State on Saturday 44-34. Bulldogs QB KJ Costello shattered the passing yards in a game record for the SEC with a jaw-dropping 623 yards as part of new coach Mike Leach’s debut of the space-age air raid offense into the SEC. Safety Jacoby Stevens was embarrassed.
LSU is at Vanderbilt on Saturday night.
Entergy Louisiana estimates the cost to restore power following Hurricane Laura is one-point-four billion dollars. CEO Phillip May says 18-hundred transmission towers were damaged or destroyed and the number of distribution poles lost is only second to Hurricane Rita.