Louisiana will see another round of severe weather tonight and during the overnight hours. Meteorologist John Wetherbee says strong storms will move into the Shreveport area after 7 PM and then the storms will work their way across the state during the night
The entire I-20 corridor, Alexandria, and north of Hammond is under an enhanced threat of severe weather.
Louisiana has nearly one million people living below the poverty line, and ULM president, Dr. Ron Berry says the university’s new strategic plan outlines how it can start changing that for the northeast region of our state.
Cut 12 (11) “…human development.”
In Terrebonne Parish state police say 77-year-old Joseph Sias of New Orleans was killed early Sunday morning in a fatal crash involving a vehicle driven by Katelynn Scott of Houma was driving in the wrong direction. Trooper Ross Brennan says Sias was pronounced dead on the scene and the passenger his vehicle sustained severe injuries and was transferred to an out-of-area hospital. Scott faces vehicular homicide charges.
State Police are investigating an officer-involved shooting in St. John the Baptist Parish after sheriff’s deputies responded to a partially submerged vehicle Sunday morning in Laplace. Trooper Kate Stegall says the passenger 20-year-old Jacoby Williams was shot by a deputy and is listed in critical condition. State Police also recovered weapons at the scene.
The incident remains under investigation.