Heat indexes in the state are exceeding 100 degrees, and the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness warns residents to take precautions. Halen Doughty has more…:
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And a heat advisory is now in effect for the entire state until 7pm this evening.

The Civil Service Commission today voted that annual performance adjustments for unclassified state workers will be suspended for next fiscal year. This means more than 38,000 government workers won’t be getting a pay raise in the budget period that begins July 1st. Governor John Bel Edwards made the request.

LSU says they will now allow visiting bands to perform during halftime, after not allowing them to do so during football games last season due to safety concerns with too many people being on the field. LSU Deputy Athletic Director Eddie Nunez says they hope to open up access to the field from where the visiting band has always been seated…:
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Nunez says the LSU Band will also perform first to give the visiting band more time to get down to the field.

A Walmart employee in East Baton Rouge Parish has been arrested amid allegations he slashed the boyfriend of another employee during a confrontation. Deputies say 28-year-old Claude LeDuff and a female employee got into an argument at the deli counter. Apparently the female called her boyfriend, the victim, who came to talk to LeDuff, when he was cut with a knife on his arm. LeDuff was arrested and charged with aggravated battery and disturbing the peace.

Once again the National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for the entire state until 7 this evening.