Lottery registration for Fortify Homes Program Grants opens today through Friday with 300 grants to residents living in Louisiana’s Coastal Zone. Sean Richardson has more.
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Nearly all Entergy Customers have had their power restored since Hurricane Francine. Colleen Crain reports.
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The Bossier (BOZH-er) Parish Sheriff’s Office is warning you of a new scam. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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The Louisiana Fortify Homes Program is opening lottery registration for grants starting today through Friday. The program offers 300 grants to residents living in Louisiana’s Coastal Zone, aimed at fortifying homes against future storms and hurricanes. Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple says these grants, previously available on a first-come, first-served basis, received feedback and now should give residents more opportunity to receive the grant.
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The program is a proactive approach to reduce insurance costs and minimize the need for extensive rebuilding after hurricanes. The program will also draw 200 registrants who will be placed on a waiting list…
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Temple emphasizes eligible residents must live in the state’s designated Coastal Zone, an area frequently affected by hurricanes, and it must be your primary residence.
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Homeowners can register through the Louisiana Fortify Homes Program website, with recipients being notified the following week after the registration period closes.
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Entergy says they’ve restored power to virtually all customers who can safely receive electric service after Hurricane Francine. Vice President of Customer Service, Michelle Bourg (BERG) says nearly half of the more than 300,000 customers who lost power had it restored one day after the storm. She credits the upgrades and improvements to infrastructure after the devastating storms of the last few years…
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Bourg says since the storms of 2020 and 2021, Entergy’s standards have changed and so have the needs of customers…
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Fewer people lost power during Hurricane Francine than in previous storms and Borg says that’s due to Entergy’s attention to the need for reinforcement and improvement especially in coastal areas…
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At the height of response efforts over eight thousand storm responders worked around the clock to restore service to customers.
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Advocates from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network were on Capitol Hill urging lawmakers to take the final steps in passing a bill to allow Medicare payment for innovative multi-cancer early detection screening tests. One of them, Brenda McCain from Natchitoches (NACK-uh-tish) Parish, who says a simple test can go a long way.
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McCain says whatever Congress decides will have a profound effect on people’s well-being.
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McCain notes that nearly everyone in the country knows someone who’s been affected by cancer.
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McCain notes that the bill already has the support of more than two-thirds of Congress, encompassing representatives of both parties.
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The Bossier (BOZH-er) Parish Sheriff’s Office is warning of a new scam. Lieutenant Matt Gaydos says the scammer claims to have taken control of the victim’s computer or device, putting a virus on it to allow the scammer to retrieve sensitive information.
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Gaydos says the scammer demands money as a ransom.
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Gaydos says so far, no one has fallen victim to the scam, mainly because not everyone knows how to use Bitcoin. He says scammers know that their tactics have a very low percentage of succeeding, but it only takes a very small number of people to bite in order to strike it rich.
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If you get an email like this, the very best thing to do is to delete it right away.
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The Saints could not have gotten off to a better start, winning their first two games in dominating fashion – 47-10 over the Panthers and 44-19 over the Cowboys. Still, Coach Dennis Allen says there are flaws that the team needs to work through as the season progresses.
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On the defensive side, Defensive End Carl Granderson says while his unit’s performance against the Cowboys was dominant, it wasn’t perfect.
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The Saints will try to make it three in a row to start the season Sunday afternoon against the Eagles in the Superdome. Kickoff is at noon.
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One of the big surprises on LSU’s offense this year is wide receiver Aaron Anderson, who leads the team in receiving yards. The redshirt junior from New Orleans has caught 15 passes this year, three more than all of last year. Coach Brian Kelly says Anderson has grown in every aspect of his life…
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Caden Durham had a big game on Saturday as he led the Tigers with 98 yards rushing and two touchdowns. According to Pro Football Focus, 50 of his yards came after contact. But Kelly is not ready to name Durham as the top back…
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Louisiana Tech is hoping to see more from its running game when they host Tulsa on Saturday night. The Bulldogs rushed for just 43 yards in their loss to North Carolina State. Marquis Crosby is still dealing with an injury he suffered in the season opener and only had two carries last week. Cumbie says they would like to get former Acadiana star Omiri Wiggins going…
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