After appraising the Red River flooding in the Shreveport area, US Senator Bill Cassidy says he’ll look into why NOAA’s earlier crest predictions were off. Cassidy says he will also look into whether the Army Corps of Engineers could have done anything differently as the water flowed down the Red River from Oklahoma…

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The crest of the Red River at Shreveport was three feet higher than originally predicted.

The Grant Parish Sheriff’s Office say over 100 people were rescued from the Colfax Mudfest Recreational Park after a personal levee built to keep Red River floodwater off the site failed. They say deputies, working security detail during an entertainment event at the park Saturday night, noticed a crack in the levee and began moving people to higher ground. The Sheriff’s Office, along with State Police and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, were able to evacuate the people with boats.

The Fighting Tigers play their worst game of the season in a 10-3 loss to TCU in the College World Series. Jeff Palermo has more…

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Governor Bobby Jindal returns to Iowa today. The governor is scheduled to speak in Cedar Falls at the National Security Forum. Later, Jindal will attend an Iowans for Israel event in West Des Moines. Governor Jindal will return to Baton Rouge tomorrow. Jindal is expected to announce his his decision on whether or not he will run for the Republican presidential nomination on June 24th.