Several police and fire stations are offering sandbags to those residents being inundated by rain today. Schools, offices and businesses in many south Louisiana Parishes are closed today, and thousands are without power. Weather experts say this is similar to a tropical storm rain-wise, but the wind factor is not there. In East Baton Rouge Parish, Central Mayor Jr. Shelton says one of the biggest problems is that the issues related to these storms are ever changing…:
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Frank Reviette with the National Weather Service in Slidell, says they’ve been getting reports of street flooding and water in homes…:
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The rain is not expected to end anytime soon so authorities are urging residents to stay home and off the roads if they can.

An officer-involved shooting left one suspect critically injured in Plaquemine. Halen Doughty has more…:
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The American Cancer Society released their annual report on how each state is making progress on cancer fighting policies and Louisiana still has some work to do. ACS Director of Government Relations for Louisiana Lydia Kuykendal says we fall short big time when it comes to tobacco control:
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