Hurricane Irma is a Category 5 storm moving through the Caribbean, but state climatologist Barry Keim says it should be Florida’s problem, not Louisiana’s. He says a cold front will move over the state today and the timing could not be better for Louisiana…:
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The NHC says the earliest arrival of tropical storm winds in Florida from Irma is estimated to be sometime Friday evening.

The state department of corrections is exploring new safeguards to prevent work release inmates from escaping. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Adult Services, Perry Stagg, says they’re looking at a variety of options from more supervision to ankle bracelets…:
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A new study finds that, though Millennials have been dubbed lazy by some, the generation actually just wants to start their own business…:
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Governor John Bel Edwards will take part in a Unified Command Group briefing at GOHSEP in preparation for the potential impacts of Hurricane Irma.