Southwest Louisiana is under a Flash Flood Watch as Tropical Storm Nicholas heads up the southeast Texas coast. Donovan Landreneau with the National Weather Service says it’s too early to say just which areas of the state will be subjected to the heaviest of rainfall as Nicholas is predicted to twist to the northeast as it exits Texas.
Cut 5 (10) “..threat is there.”
35-year old Kendrick James of Loranger is charged with aggravated assault of a utility worker after branding a gun and threatening a lineman. Tangipahoa Parish Sherriff’s Office Chief Jimmy Travis says this is not the first incident involving harassment of utility workers. He says one man even threatened the power company over the phone.
Baton Rouge attorney Ron Haley has filed a lawsuit on behalf of one of the more than 800 nursing home residents that were evacuated to a warehouse in Tangipahoa Parish during hurricane Ida. The suit names nursing homeowner Bob Dean and the Louisiana Department of Health as defendants. Haley’s client is Darlene Franklin, who is currently in a nursing home in New Roads.
Haley says LDH should be held responsible since they approved the evacuation plan in which seven have now died.
The Saints started the 2021 season with an impressive 38-3 victory over the Green Bay Packers in a game held in Jacksonville, Florida Linebacker Demario Davis hopes their win over one of the top teams in the NFC is uplifting for those who are suffering in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida…