Summer heat is about to ramp up. It’ll be a hot weekend, with even hotter weather early next week as highs climb into the mid- and upper 90s. LSU Health Climatologist Barry Keim says a high-pressure system in the Gulf is to blame.
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Hammond Police, Louisiana State Police and the FBI are teaming up to step up enforcement along the I-55 corridor amid an increase in gang activity. Jonathan Tapp is the special agent in charge of the FBI New Orleans field office.
Tapp says gang members who are caught could face not only state charges, but federal prosecution as well.
The North Louisiana Crime Lab is warning of a new synthetic opioid that it says is ten times more potent than fentanyl. Jeff Palermo reports.
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The State Supreme Court agrees to fast-track a review of the new state law which eliminates three judgeships in Orleans Parish. Judge John Fuller argues that the legislature did not get a two-thirds majority needed to enact the law; the state says only a simple majority is needed. The high court says it will rule before qualifying begins August 5th.