The bottom half of the state is in for a soaking today and tomorrow and flash flooding is a major concern. State climatologist Barry Keim says the area is already wet because of all the rain over the weekend, and the now the chances are higher across the southeastern part of the state…:
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Jackson, Lake Charles, and Covington all saw more than 4 inches of rainfall over the weekend.

Two teens are dead and another critically injured after a crash in Kentwood on Sunday morning. Kentwood Police Chief Michael Kazerooni says 18-year-old Ashley Moreau was driving down Line Creek Road when she over-corrected and her car slid and crashed into a tree…:
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18-year-old John Moore was the front seat passenger and also killed in the crash.

The warmer than average winter has hurt this season’s peach crop:
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New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu has issued a statement in response to his meeting with Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser to discuss the future of the four Confederate monuments the city removed. It said Nungesser wanted the statues to run a process of his own, but that the city already had an operation planned to get formal ideas and welcomed the state’s input.