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with Matthew Albright | Assistant metro editorGood morning! We had a busy news day yesterday. Here are some of the top stories so you're all in the loop. What Ida could do to utility billsHurricane Ida's fearsome Category 4 winds did a number on Southeast Louisiana's power grid, and we're going to be paying for it in our utility bills. Entergy is asking for permission to charge its customers $5 more a month for $15 years to pay off the cost of all the repairs. This story explains how it would work and what the regulatory process to approve the charges looks like. Emergency food stamps system overwhelmedAnother sign of the damage Ida did: Monday was the first day to apply for emergency food stamps, and so many people called about them that the whole system crashed. State officials said they were getting 250 to 350 calls a second. You can read all about the overwhelming demand for food assistance in this story. Popular rapper arrested in trail ride shootingIn August 2020, a trail ride in Roseland, a town in Tangipahoa Parish, turned into a shootout, and a woman died in the crossfire. Since then, police have arrested seven people. The most recent suspect is a rapper who goes by "JayDaYoungan." His songs have been streamed millions of time online. You can read all about the arrest and how it fits into the shooting investiagtion in this story. Thanks for reading, and have a great day! |
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| Entergy Louisiana is seeking permission from state regulators to charge its customers nearly $2.1 billion to cover the cost of repairing it… Read more |
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| So many people tried to apply for emergency food stamps on the first day that the agency's phone system simply couldn't handle the volume M… Read more |
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| Sheriff's deputies booked a popular Louisiana rapper in Tangipahoa Parish as an accessory to second-degree murder and obstruction of justic… Read more |
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| East Baton Rouge and Ascension parish leaders are joining forces to improve drainage along Bayou Manchac through a project that could reduc… Read more |
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| The foster parents of a baby who died in the hospital Sunday were arrested Monday, each on a count of second-degree murder, St. Gabriel Pol… Read more |
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| A local technology startup that makes cooler, more comfortable football helmets has raised more than $1.5 million from investors and garner… Read more |
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| A Baton Rouge teenager who faced a possible life prison term in the 2019 shooting death of his mother's boyfriend pleaded guilty to reduced… Read more |
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| After LSU played its most complete game so far this season, coach Ed Orgeron thought the team showed improvement, but he said, “We're not there yet.” Read more |
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| In the 1930s, a woman named Janie Bell Williams got a job at a school in Butlertown, an African American community in Amite City. Read more |
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