The Monroe Police Department is investigating a triple homicide. One of the victims was a two-year-old girl. Monroe Mayor Friday Ellis says they were gunned down in a shooting on Grammont Street….
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Authorities say they have good leads on the suspect, but for now, no one is in custody.
Hurricane Melissa is shaping up to be one of the most devastating storms in history. It made landfall in Jamaica as a Category Five hurricane, the highest level on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, packing maximum sustained winds of 185 miles an hour. Retired Army Lieutenant General Russel Honore, who led the response in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina, says the top priority is to help the people who couldn’t evacuate from the island.
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Get ready for a change in the weather as the coldest weather of the fall will start to make its way into Louisiana later today as a cold front will bring a huge change in temperatures. State Climatologist Jay Grymes says temperatures will drop significantly behind this front, so you will want to break out that jacket as you make your way to school or work in the morning.
A line of thunderstorms will move through the state later today.