We’ve hit the statistical peak of the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season. Matt Doyle spoke with a state climatologist about the record-breaking season…
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And the National Hurricane Center is currently monitoring six disturbances, including a tropical wave in the Gulf of Mexico that has a low chance of development.

At 10:30 this morning, Governor Edwards will announce whether the state will move into phase three or stay in phase two of coronavirus restrictions.

Friday night lights are coming back on as the Louisiana High School Athletic Association announces an eight-game football season will kick-off October 1st through the third. LHSAA Executive Director Eddie Bonine is confident they can pull the season off, but…
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The prep classic will be held in the Superdome December 26th to the 28th.

Louisiana Tech football coach Skip Holtz confirms 36 players have tested positive for the coronavirus since Hurricane Laura. lHoltz says players were trying to find suitable accommodations following the storm and that lead to many of them being infected by the virus.
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Tech’s game versus Baylor on Saturday has been postponed.

Today marks the statistical peak of the 2020 hurricane season and it’s been one for the record books with 17 named storms. Three of the storms have made landfall in Louisiana starting with Tropical Storm Cristobal in June. State Climatologist Barry Keim…
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The National Hurricane Center is currently monitoring six systems, two of them are named storms far in the Atlantic and there’s also a tropical wave in the Gulf of Mexico that has a low chance of development.

The high school football season will kick off October 1st and contact practices can begin today. LHSAA Executive Director Eddie Bonine says teams will play an eight-game regular season and playoffs. Bonine says turning the Friday Night Lights back on is huge for many communities…
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All nine state championship games will be played in the Superdome December 26th to the 28th.

Louisiana Tech Football Coach Skip Holtz blames Hurricane Laura for an outbreak in coronavirus cases within his team that’s led to a postponement of Saturday’s season opener at Baylor. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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There are many who are hopeful Governor John Bel Edwards will announce today the state will move to Phase 3 of the White House’s guidelines for reopening the U-S economy. Edwards has scheduled a 10:30 press conference. The current phase two order expires tomorrow.

Today is the statistical peak of the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season and so far it’s been one for the record books. State Climatologist Barry Keim says we’ve seen a record-breaking 17 named storms so far this year…
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The record for named storms in a season is 28, set in 2005.

LSU researchers are testing campus wastewater for COVID-19 cases. They’ve also done that around East Baton Rouge Parish and found that cases increased soon after Louisiana moved into Phase 2 and dropped after the city-parish instituted a mask-wearing mandate…
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LSU Environmental Engineering Professor John Pardue says they will test every on-campus residence and monitor every location once a week.

The LHSAA announces the high school football season will kick off October 1st and contact practices can resume today. Matt Doyle has the story.
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LSU announces that redshirt freshman defensive end Ray Parker of Ruston has been suspended for violating team rules. LSU police arrested Parker for battery of a dating partner and simple criminal damage to property.

The LA GOP asks Governor Edwards to allow parish governments to make their own decisions about potentially moving to Phase Three. Matt Doyle has the story…

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The Louisiana Department of Health verifies one additional death tied to Hurricane Laura, bringing the state’s current death toll to 27. A 58-year-old female in Rapides Parish died of a heat-related illness while inside a trailer with no electricity or air conditioning. The coroner has confirmed this death is storm-related.

Saturdays will look much different at Tiger Stadium this fall LSU announces there will be no pre-game walk down Victory Hill, the Tiger band will not perform on the field, no tailgating, and attendance will be capped at 25%.  Interim LSU President Thomas Galligan is confident the energy of Tiger Stadium will still be there.

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The state has received approval to distribute disaster food stamps in 16 parishes impacted by Hurricane Laura. The program will run in phases, with the first phase beginning tomorrow in Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Rapides, Vermilion, and Vernon.  Shavana Howard says they are working with other state agencies to streamline the registration process.

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Saturdays will look much different at Tiger Stadium this fall LSU announces there will be no pre-game walk down Victory Hill, the Tiger band will not perform on the field, no tailgating, and attendance will be capped at 25%.  Interim LSU President Thomas Galligan says attendees need to prepare to mask up.

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LSU begins the season September 26^th at home against Mississippi State.

The state has received approval to distribute disaster food stamps in 16 parishes impacted by Hurricane Laura. Shavana Howard with DCFS urges those who might be eligible to pre-register online first and then call in according to their last name on certain days to apply. A list of days can be found on the website.

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Go to dcfs.la.gov/DSNAP

An 11-year-old in Moss Bluff has been charged with 2nd-degree murder after he allegedly fatally shot a family member. Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s deputies responded to reports of a shooting and arrived at a home to find 39-year-old Andrew Lafleur III dead. Investigations Commander Gene Pittman…
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The state Republican Party calls on Governor Edwards to allow parish governments to make their own decisions on whether or not to move into Phase Three. LA GOP spokesperson Ben Smith says the current one size fits all statewide plan isn’t allowing areas with manageable levels of COVID-19 to restart their economies. He says it should be up to the locals.

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Smith says local governments should also have the ability to decide whether to implement mask mandates, gathering limits, and bar closures.

Power is still out across the three parishes hardest hit by Hurricane Laura, with Cameron, Calcasieu, and Beauregard Parishes having 99 percent, 91 percent, and 69 percent of customers out respectively. Governor John Bel Edwards says to help us recover the federal government is allowing Louisiana to use power generated in Texas

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Edwards is expected to make an announcement on whether the state will move into Phase Three sometime this afternoon or tomorrow. The State GOP passed a resolution calling on Edwards to is allows parish Governments to make their own decisions on COVID restrictions. Spokesperson Ben Smith says that means questions like whether to implement mask mandates, gathering limits, and bar closures.

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Sixteen parishes impacted by Hurricane Laura have been approved to receive Disaster SNAP benefits. Brooke Thorington spoke with a DCFS representative.

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1,500 new COVID-19 cases are being reported by the state today but that’s including a backlog of 690 cases that were collected between August 6^th and 4^th, meaning we’ve got about 810 new cases today, a bit of a jump from earlier this week. 17 new hospital beds have been filled with COVID patients, and 15 additional deaths have also been reported.

The state has received approval to distribute disaster food stamps in 16 parishes impacted by Hurricane Laura. The program will run in phases, with the first phase beginning tomorrow in Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Rapides, Vermilion, and Vernon. Shavana Howard with DCFS on what eligible should residents do.
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The number to the call center is 1-888-LA-Help-U.

U-S Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette is in Louisiana assessing the damage from Hurricane Laura. The Category Four storm damaged a Strategic Petroleum Reserve Site in West Hackberry. Brouillette says the cost of fixing the repository is not his main worry…
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Nearly two weeks after the storm and 90-percent of Calcasieu Parish remains without power.

The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office has arrested an 11-year-old for second-degree murder after a family member was found dead from an apparent gunshot wound in Moss Bluff. Deputies were called to a residence Monday evening in reference to a shooting and found 39-year old Andrew Lafleur, III dead. Further investigation found an 11-year old was responsible. Investigations Commander Gene Pittman…
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LSU officially announced that Tiger Stadium will be limited to 25-percent capacity when the national champs kickoff the 2020 season by hosting Mississippi State on September 26th. Athletics Director Scott Woodward says fans will enter the stadium in phases…
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The LSU plan also calls for no tailgating and season ticket holders and students will be the ones offered a chance to buy tickets.

Governor John Bel Edwards along with other governors meets with the White House Coronavirus Task Force this afternoon as Edwards will announce either today or tomorrow on whether the state should move into Phase 3 of reopening. The Louisiana Republican Party believes individual parishes should make that decision…
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That’s state GOP spokesperson Ben Smith who says several parishes have passed resolutions calling for permission to make their own decision on what phase to adopt.

LSU has officially announced that it will limit capacity in Tiger Stadium at 25-percent and no tailgating will be allowed during the 2020 season. Despite a smaller crowd, LSU interim president Thomas Galligan is confident the energy of Tiger Stadium will still be there…
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An 11-year-old in Moss Bluff has been charged with 2nd-degree murder after he allegedly fatally shot a family member. Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s deputies responded to reports of a shooting and arrived at a home to find 39-year-old Andrew Lafleur III dead. Investigations Commander Gene Pittman….
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A possible motive has not been released.

The state Department of Children and Family Services has received approval to distribute disaster food stamps to eligible residents in 16 parishes starting tomorrow. D-C-F-S Assistant Secretary Shavana Howard says the first step is to pre-register at d-c-f-s-dot-la-dot-gov/DSNAP…
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Once you register, the D-C-F-S website has a list of days when you can apply for the assistance based on the parish you live in and the first letter of your last name.

Tiger Stadium will be capped at 25% for LSU’s upcoming football season.  Interim LSU President Thomas Galligan highlights that the virus does not transmit as well outdoors and says they feel confident that social distancing can be accomplished 25% capacity.

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The state has received approval to distribute disaster food stamps in 16 parishes impacted by Hurricane Laura. Shavana Howard with DCFS urges those who might be eligible to pre-register online first and then call in according to their last name on certain days to apply. A list of days can be found on the website.

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Go to dcfs.la.gov/DSNAP

The LA GOP asks Governor Edwards to allow parish governments to make their own decisions about potentially moving to Phase Three. Matt Doyle has the story…

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The state is reporting 1,511 new COVID-19 cases today, but that includes a backlog of 690 cases dating from August 6th to September 4^th.  The health department also reports 15 new deaths today and 17 new patients hospitalized

Governor Edwards says he will make a decision on whether the state will move into Phase Three potentially as soon as today. Edwards is set to meet with the White House coronavirus task force this afternoon to discuss the topic and says a decision will come before the current Phase Two order expires Friday.

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The state Republican Party calls on Governor Edwards to allow parish governments to make their own decision on whether or not to move into Phase Three. LA GOP spokesperson Ben Smith says the current one size fits all statewide plan isn’t allowing areas with manageable levels of COVID-19 to restart their economies. He says it really should be a local decision.

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Under the GOP proposal, local governments would also have the ability to decide whether to implement mask mandates, gathering limits, and bar closures.

Starting September 14^th saltwater fishermen in Louisiana can start sending in applications to The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries for pandemic economic relief grants worth up to 10,000 dollars. Spokesperson Jason Duet says the department has 14.6 million dollars to distribute…

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Applications will be accepted until October 26^th.

The state has received Disaster SNAP approval from the Federal Government for 16 parishes impacted by Hurricane Laura. The program will roll out in phases beginning tomorrow for the following nine parishes Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Rapides, Vermilion, and Vernon.  Shavana Howard with DCFS explains how much eligible recipients could receive…

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