As temperatures continue to rise across the state, the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness is urging people to be cautious. GOHSEP Director Jim Waskom says forecasters predict this pattern to carry on into the fall as a heat dome is covering a large part of the country. He wants to remind drivers to look before you lock.
Waskom says we’re expected to see temperatures reach the high 90s and even into the 100s.
A former Texas law enforcement law officer made three custom caskets to donate to the fallen Baton Rouge police officers. Trey Ganem says he will have a full police escort to each funeral home as he delivers the three caskets.
Ganem says he incorporated something unique about each officer on to each casket
A state record was set at the Secretary of State’s office during the first day of qualifying, as 52 people entered one of the federal races. Political analyst Clancy Dubos says open seats for high office always draw large fields. But he says it could be voter frustration as well that’s embodied by the Trump movement.
Two Democratic candidates in the 2nd Congressional District race are already making verbal jabs at each other. Baton Rouge Mayor Kip Holden is criticizing incumbent Congressman Cedric Richmond for not doing enough in the Capital City following both the Alton Sterling shooting and the ambush on police.
But Richmond says Holden is the one who has been missing in action. He says it’s not fair to the citizens of Baton Rouge for Holden to run because the city needs a full time mayor