Tropical Storm Nate has the potential to become a Category one hurricane and make landfall on the southeast Louisiana coast Sunday morning. Meteorologist with the National Weather Service in New Orleans Phil Grigsby…:
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He says that means should keep rainfall totals and storm surge low.

The Grand Isle Mayor has issued a voluntary evacuation order, as the island is expecting 4 to 5 inches of rain; and unusually high tides. Grand Isle schools will be closed Friday and Monday.

Caddo Parish Sheriff Steve Prator is extremely concerned that criminal justice reform measures passed during the last legislative session will allow for the release of 192 felons there in November. He agrees Louisiana needs reform:
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Former New Orleans Congressman William Jefferson is set to be released from his 13-year prison sentence for taking bribes. A federal judge says seven out of ten counts against Jefferson are now invalid. Loyola University law professor Dane Ciolino says the ruling is based on a U.S. Supreme Court decision involving former Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell’s corruption case:
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Ciolino says Jefferson’s time in prison might be done based on today’s ruling.

State Police arrest a St. Joseph mother and charged her with first degree murder of her infant child, which was discovered Monday in a dumpster in Tensas Parish. She is identified as 21-year-old Alicia Richard.