The small community of Lafitte in Jefferson Parish is still struggling to recover from Hurricane Ida. Mayor Tim Kerner said this morning that the town’s housing stock suffered a major loss when Ida roared ashore more than a month ago. he’s taken steps to get 300 temporary housing units to the town as soon as possible. Kerner indicates the residents of Lafitte are a resilient bunch.

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Monday’s Facebook outage, along with the other social media platforms owned by the company, has many asking what happened and was the company hacked. Host of Tech Gumbo Haggai Davis says it was an internal issue and says only large service providers, like Verizon and companies like Google, work with BGP, and the six-hour outage was reminiscent of a Three Stooges episode.

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Republican Senator John Kennedy has a challenger for re-election with Democrat Luke Mixon of Baton Rouge announcing he’s throwing his hat in the ring.  Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says Mixon has his work cut out for him in an attempt to unseat Kennedy.

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Louisiana-founded Waitr announced today that LSU All-American cornerback Derek Stingley will promote the food delivery app on his Instagram account. Waitr spokesperson Dean Turcol says they also have similar deals with LSU first baseman Tre Morgan and Alabama linebacker Christian Harris, who is from Baton Rouge. He says Waitr is proud of Louisiana athletes who are starring on the college level and they are thrilled they can now partner with them

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Republican U.S. Senator John Kennedy has a challenger for re-election as Democrat Luke Mixon of Baton Rouge announces he’s throwing his hat in the ring.  Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says Mixon has his work cut out for him in an attempt to unseat Kennedy…:

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Mixon is a commercial pilot, who also flew jets in the U.S. Navy.

Everyone has seen – at one time or another – a balloon release; perhaps to mourn the loss of loved one or commemorate and event. Lafayette Parish is considering legislation to ban such practices. Parish Environmental Quality Manager Bess Foret says balloons eventually deflate or burst and litter the land and waterways; negatively affecting the environment, wildlife, and marine life. Animals can become entangled in the balloon strings and even die from ingesting the broken balloons. She suggests flying kites, blowing bubbles or other earth-friendly gestures.

Social media users were distraught for more than six hours Monday when they were unable to access Facebook and its other platforms, Brooke Thorington has more…:

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The Louisiana Department of Health has confirmed a COVID-19 outbreak stemming from a recent Abbeville wedding, and is urging anyone who attended to take precautions now – including getting tested. The wedding was held at L’Eglise event venue on September 25^th. Approximately 150 people were in attendance.

Were you one of the many Louisianans missing your Facebook fix yesterday? Thousands want to know what happened, and tech whiz Haggai Davis, host of the Tech Gumbo radio show in Baton Rouge, says Facebook was doing a system upgrade to the Border Gate Protocol when everything went dark. He says this sort of thing doesn’t happen often, but programmers are human and it will happen again…:

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Facebook and subsidiaries like Instagram were down for over six hours Monday.

The small Jefferson Parish town of Lafitte is still struggling to recover from Hurricane Ida. Mayor Tim Kerner said this morning that the town’s housing stock suffered a major loss from Ida more than a month ago…:

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He says some residents could be out of their homes for nearly a year.

U.S. Senator John Kennedy has an announced challenger for the 2022 election. Democrat Luke Mixon, a 42-year-old commercial pilot, says he can unseat the Republican incumbent Kennedy. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says that’s a mighty big task for an unknown candidate…:

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Mixon contends Kennedy has cast votes to block billions of dollars to improve our infrastructure and protect the state from natural disasters. Kennedy defends his votes as not wasting taxpayer dollars.

LSU cornerback Derek Stingley has an endorsement deal. New NCAA rules allow college athletes to accept such deals and Stingley’s is with WAITR, a Louisiana-founded restaurant delivery service. WAITR’s Dean Turcol says Stingley will give out a delivery discount code on his social media next week…:

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A Baton Rouge Democrat says he’ll be seeking to deny Republican U.S. Senator John Kennedy a second term in office come next year.  More from Dave Brannen…:

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The state’s biggest grower of medical marijuana is soon to be moving from Baton Rouge to a new 225-thousand square foot facility near Ruston. Good Day Farms, who are under contract with the LSU Ag Center to grow the medicinal herb, say they will need the additional crop space.

The Jefferson parish town of Lafitte was particularly hard hit by Hurricane Ida and continues to struggle to rebuild. Lafitte Mayor Tom Kerner says one bid problem was mud; sometimes feet deep covering roadways, driveways and parking lots. He says in some cases it was even worse…:

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The mud is being scooped up, loaded on trucks and hauled to a dump. Kerner says some Lafitte residents could be out of their homes for up to a year.

Louisiana-founded WAITR delivery service announces a celebrity endorsement deal with LSU All-American cornerback Derek Stingley. WAITR’s Dean Turcol says new NCAA rules paved the way for the deal…:

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Stingley will use his Instagram to give out a delivery discount code for fans to use on their next WAITR order.

Republican Senator John Kennedy already has a challenger in his bid for a second term next year. Democrat Luke Mixon of Baton Rouge says he’s running for the office held by Kennedy since 2017.  The 42-year-old Mixon contends Kennedy has cast votes to block billions of dollars to improve our infrastructure and protect the state from natural disasters. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat doesn’t see it in the cards for Mixon, a commercial airline pilot, denying Kennedy another term in office.

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The small community of Lafitte in Jefferson Parish is still struggling to recover from Hurricane Ida. Mayor Tim Kerner said this morning that the town’s housing stock suffered a major loss when Ida roared ashore more than a month ago. Kerner indicates the residents of Lafitte are a resilient bunch.

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Social media users were distraught for more than six hours Monday when they were unable to access Facebook and its other platforms, Brooke Thorington has more.

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The Louisiana Department of Health is confirming a COVID-19 outbreak connected to a recent wedding in Abbeville. The Department considers all attendees of this wedding to be exposed to COVID-19 and encourages all attendees to take public health precautions.

The wedding was held at L’Eglise on September 25, 2021. Approximately 150 people were in attendance and several of them subsequently developed symptoms and tested positive the virus that causes COVID-19.

Republican Senator John Kennedy is expected to have a new challenger for re-election with Democrat Luke Mixon of Baton Rouge announcing he’s throwing his hat in the ring.  Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says Mixon has his work cut out for him in an attempt to unseat Kennedy.

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The 42-year-old Mixon will face off against Kennedy in the 2022 election

Monday’s Facebook outage has some thinking the social media platform was hacked. But Host of Tech Gumbo Haggai Davis says the company was doing an internal system upgrade to the Border Gate Protocol, which acts like the post office to send you to facebook.com and the six-hour outage was reminiscent of a Three Stooges episode.

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Louisiana’s only Democratic congressman is optimistic that a deal will be reached soon on a trillion-dollar infrastructure bill and more partisan legislation to allocate three-point-five-billion on social spending.  More from Dave Brannen.

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The Louisiana Department of Health says a September 25^th wedding in Abbeville is linked to a COVID outbreak and all 150 attendees should considered themselves exposed and seek COVID testing. Unvaccinated attendees should quarantine until October 9^th.

The small community of Lafitte in Jefferson Parish is still struggling to recover from Hurricane Ida. Mayor Tim Kerner said this morning that the town’s housing stock suffered a major loss when Ida roared ashore more than a month ago.

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He says about 50 to 60 percent of the residents won’t be able to live in their homes for about a year because of the destruction.  But, he’s taken steps to get 300 temporary housing units to the town as soon as possible.

In an effort to get those still without shelter in some of the hardest-hit areas of Ida, the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness is working in conjunction with FEMA to speed up the process. GOHSEP Deputy Director Casey Tingle says they hope to have trailers installed as soon as this weekend. He says FEMA is still working on their program of direct housing that includes travel trailers, mobile homes, and certain types of leases.

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When waiting on a liver or kidney transplant, time is of the essence when a match is located. Right now, you have to receive that organ within four hours for it to remain viable. But LSU Mechanical Engineer Professor Ram Devireddy (Dev-ah-ready) says they are researching ways to freeze an organ so it can remain viable longer

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Monday’s Facebook outage, along with the other social media platforms owned by the company, has many asking what happened and was the company hacked. Host of Tech Gumbo Haggai Davis says the company was doing a system upgrade and the Border Gate Protocol which acts like the post office sending you to a proper address in this case facebook.com and that’s when things went dark shortly before noon.

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US Naval Academy graduate and former fighter pilot Luke Mixon is seeking to unseat Republican Senator John Kennedy next year. 42-year-old Mixon is the first Democrat to announce his candidacy against the state’s junior senator. Mixon a commercial pilot who lives in Baton Rouge says Kennedy isn’t representing the state’s interests in DC.

Baton Rouge’s Our Lady Of the Lake hospital announces a huge investment in a new regional cancer treatment center. More from Kevin Gallagher.

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The state has launched a temporary housing program that will result in trailers, mobile homes, and even shipping containers being sent to the hardest-hit areas of Hurricane Ida by the end of the week. GOHSEP Deputy Director Casey Tingle says to apply for trailers go to ida-sheltering-la-dot-com…

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FEMA is paying for the program.

Louisiana Democratic Congressman Troy Carter is sounding optimistic that a compromise is within reach on infrastructure and social spending bills in DC. On the subject of expanding broadband that’s included in the social spending bill, he believes it’s an important matter to address.

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