Mother Nature could be putting a damper on the holiday weekend in South Louisiana. Chanele Stigger is a forecaster with the National Weather Service in Lake Charles.
Cut 9 (09) “…skies and showers.”
The flip side of the coin is, when rain is not falling, it will actually be quite pleasant to be outside, with highs in the mid-80s to the low 90s.

The Labor Day weekend Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign is in full swing. Law enforcement will be out in full force through Monday cracking down on drunk drivers. Greg Fischer with the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission says there’s always something you can do to keep yourself safe if you ever encounter a drunk driver.
Cut 8 (09) “…their seat belt.”
In 2022, 490 people across the country were killed in crashes over the Labor Day weekend; almost 40-percent of those involved a drunk driver.

A new report from the Public Affairs Research Council shows around 60% of Louisiana high school seniors are applying for college financial aid this year, a 10% drop from last year. Louisiana still ranks second nationally for FAFSA completions, but Steven Procopio with PAR says he’s worried that rank could slip.
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PAR expects completed FAFSA applications in Louisiana are to decline even further after BESE repealed a policy that made students apply for federal student aid to graduate.

While LSU plays Sunday and UL-Lafayette plays tomorrow, other Louisiana teams got their seasons underway last night. Tulane blanked Southeastern Louisiana, 52-0, in New Orleans. ULM kicked off the Bryant Vincent era by beating Jackson State, 30-14, snapping a ten-game losing streak. And despite big plays early on, Northwestern State lost to Tulsa, 62-28.