Governor Edwards has declared a state of emergency after severe weather killed two people and produced damage over much of the state yesterday and early this morning. The two fatalities were near Breaux Bridge, when a trailer flipped over killing two people, including a three-year-old girl.

There was also significant damage in north and central Louisiana. In Franklin Parish, Sheriff Kevin Cobb says limbs ripped from trees and flying debris downed power lines and injured one person…
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Three people were rescued by Vernon Parish Sheriff deputies because of rising water. Vernon Office of Emergency Preparedness Director Kenneth Moore….
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There will be an attempt in the upcoming legislative session to increase the minimum Grade Point Average for high school seniors to qualify for the TOPS scholarship. Minden Representative Gene Reynolds is the author of one of those bills…
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Reynolds legislation would also allow TOPS students to take a year or two off from college and still receive their scholarship when they decide to go back to school.

The bids to produce medical marijuana are in with the LSU Ag Center, but how much longer do patients have to wait? Michelle Southern reports…:
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