1:30 PM Newscast

The headliner for the 2020 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Class is a person that Louisiana sports fans now love to hate. Jeff Palermo has the story…

cut  2 (32) I’m Jeff Palermo”  

Gasoline prices are on the rise following attacks on Saudi Arabian oil facilities.  AAA fuel analyst Don Redman expects the prices to continue to rise in response, but will be more in line with last year’s price point.

Cut 7 (07)“…$2.50 a gallon.” 

The current statewide average is $2.22

 

 

 

 

Legendary political reporter and New Orleans native Cokie Roberts has passed away at the age of 75. The correspondent was highly respected for her political coverage in radio, at PBS, CBS News, and ABC News. In early 2015 she told radio host Jim Engster she could feel an anti-establishment surge coming…

Cut 5 (11) “…right now”

Roberts was named a “Living Legend” by the Library of Congress in 2008. She passed away from complications resulting from breast cancer.

Tropical Depression 11 has formed off the coast of Texas and it’s expected to produce heavy rainfall in southwest Louisiana. National Weather Service Meteorologist Rob Megina says they expect total rainfall accumulations of over an inch through Thursday night

Cut 12 (09) “Cameron Parish”

The tropical depression is not expected to intensify and the center of the system could hit the coast by the end of today