Many Louisiana households who received Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in March will see an extra boost on their SNAP cards today, following a waiver from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) authorizing supplemental SNAP benefits to bring each household to its maximum allotment by size, in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Households…
Parish Government says they have officially closed parks, playgrounds, and the Tammany Trace. Please know that should citizens choose to use the Trace for the next couple of weeks, there will be no presence of rangers for your security or to provide assistance to you, if needed. Additionally, the drawbridge near Lacombe remains in the…
Yesterday Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards said he is ready to keep stay-at-home guidelines in place and schools closed through the end of next month — April 30 — after the White House announced it is recommending people continue social distancing through that same time. The governor said a modification to his own stay-at-home proclamation…
Louisiana State Police has received numerous calls from Louisiana residents regarding travel restrictions ordered by the Texas Governor. Nothing in the Texas executive order “closes” the border or otherwise restricts traveling into or out of Texas as long as Louisiana residents comply with the directions of the order which “mandates a 14-day self-quarantine for every…
DOTD says there will be alternating single lane closures on LA 21 (S Tyler St.), between 13th Ave. and US 190B (W 21st Ave.), beginning Monday night, March 30, thru Thursday night, April 9, between the hours of 8:00 PM and 5:00 AM each night. This is to allow the Contractor to continue overlay the…
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act was designed to combat the economic and health crisis brought about from the recent COVID-19 pandemic. The Act includes a wide range of actions; including offering forgivable loans to small businesses that maintain payroll, providing direct payment to individuals and families, instituting economic relief for distressed…
The Louisiana Department of Health says as of yesterday we had 3,540 cases reported from 2,932 state tests and 24,939 commercial tests. 151 people have now died from the Coronavirus. 1,127 COVID patients are in hospitals, 380 of them require ventilators. Orleans Parish has 1,350 cases reported and 73 deaths have occurred there. There are…
Louisiana DOTD says there will be left lane closures on I-55 Northbound near the Ponchatoula Exit (Mile Point 26) Sunday through Saturday, beginning Monday, March 30, through Friday, April 10, from 7 PM to 3 PM, weather permitting, while crews remove existing light poles within the median area. Traffic will be maintained through the work…
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Entergy Louisiana says you may see Entergy crews along Gatlin Road, Bankston Road, and Cedar Lane in Hammond, along a seven mile stretch of U.S. Highway 51 in Ponchatoula, and near the Tangipahoa Parish sewer treatment plant on U.S. 51. As part of the U.S. 51 projects, they’re working to acquire the environmental wetlands permits…