Hurricane forecasters at Colorado State University have updated their annual hurricane season predictions, and are now calling for above average activity for the 2017. CSU forecasters are calling for 15 named storms. Lead researcher Phil Klotzbach…:
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He says the reason for the upgrade includes diminishing odds of El Nino and a warm Atlantic.

Could a wave of change be coming to the state as five of Louisiana’s biggest cities get a new mayor over 2 years? The fresh faces are in Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Lake Charles, Shreveport and soon to be New Orleans. Jeremy Alford is with LaPolitics.com…:
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He says that could all change with this new wave of mayors.

Four children have died in a rash of drownings in Tangipahoa Parish recently, and state officials are urging parents to be vigilant of water:
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Most of the New Black Panther members arrested in Baton Rouge during an Alton Sterling protest were from out of town. The incident took place on the one year anniversary of the shooting of Sterling in a confrontation with cops…:
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That’s BRPD Sgt. L’Jean McKneely.