A three-vehicle crash in Assumption Parish claims the life of a Houma woman and her unborn child. Trooper Ross Brennan says 23-year-old Tia Gorrell was traveling north on Highway 308 when she was hit by a 2014 Jeep Wrangler…
The investigation revealed that 38-year-old Kendall Dollar was the driver of the Jeep Wrangler. Toxicology results for Gorrell and Dollar are pending.
It’s another day of oppressive heat in the Bayou State. We asked State Climatologist Barry Keim what is causing it and if there is any relief in sight. He says a ridge of high pressure continues to hover over the southeast, it moves in and hangs around for a week baking the area with triple-digit temperatures.
Keim says the ridge of high pressure eventually moves out but unfortunately, it’s replaced with another one right behind it.
Pro bass angler Jake Ormond of Sterlington set a new state record for the largest longnose gar ever caught. Kace Kieschnick has the story…