The Monroe Police Department is investigating a triple homicide. One of the victims is a two-year-old girl. Monroe Police Chief Vic Zordan says they are offering a five-thousand dollar reward for information leading to the arrest of the shooter.
It’s finally going to start feeling like fall this week. A cold front is coming through the lower Mississippi Valley today; behind it will be daytime highs in the 60s and overnight lows down into the 40s. State Climatologist Jay Grymes says the state could also be in for a little precipitation.
Cut 5 (08) “…passage as well.”
Grymes says by the weekend, parts of the state will be back into the 70s, so enjoy the cooler temperatures while you can.
Hurricane Melissa is ravaging Jamaica at this hour. It made landfall today as a Category Five hurricane, packing maximum sustained winds of 185 miles an hour. Retired Army Lieutenant General Russel Honore says the United Nations will be coordinating the relief effort, and he says some private organizations are ready to help, including one from Louisiana.
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Governor Landry wants to immortalize slain conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.
Cut 12 (08) “…on college campuses.”
Landry’s request has garnered mixed reaction, with the majority of comments on his post on “X” in opposition – whether it be for Kirk’s political views or Kirk’s lack of connection to LSU or Louisiana.