Much of south Louisiana is under a flash flood watch though Saturday night. Donald Jones with the National Weather Service in Lake Charles says we’re in for some heavy rain throughout the weekend…:
CUT 3 (08) “next week”
He says the heavy rain will move through Louisiana in waves.

Deputies in Richland Parish say they’ll be reviewing surveillance footage this weekend to try to get some answers as to why their only K-9 Officer, Duke, died. The dog’s handler, Deputy John Cummings, said Duke wasn’t in his kennel during feeding time Wednesday, but was later located inside a patrol unit near death due to heat exposure. The K9 passed away at the Caldwell Animal Clinic. Richland Parish Sheriff Lee Harrell says he has no reason to believe Cummings’ story is false, and hopefully the neighbors security video will shed some light on what happened.

The Baton Rouge Police Department has upgraded the charges on the initial man who was arrested in connection with the shooting deaths of two Southern University students in April. They say 22-year-old Ernest Felton is booked on two counts of second-degree murder in the slayings of Lashuntae Benton and Annette January. 25-year-old Brandon Henderson was arrested Thursday on counts of second degree murder in connection to the shootings.

Louisiana voters could decide this fall if universities should have the authority to set their own tuition as a result of a proposed constitutional amendment that is close to receiving final legislative passage. Currently, the legislature must approve a tuition hike if it goes above a certain percentage. Higher Education Commissioner Joseph Rallo says the proposed change to the constitution gives schools the power to lower and increase tuition depending on the market…:
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Rallo says Louisiana is the only state that doesn’t allow its institutions to set their own tuition and that puts state colleges at a competitive disadvantage with schools in other states.