Chances are increasing a tropical depression will form and move into the southern Gulf of Mexico late this weekend, or early next week. The broad area of low pressure is near the Honduras coast. National Weather Service Slidell Meteorologist Megan Williams says just because it’s October doesn’t mean were out of the woods yet.
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There is now a high chance it will develop into a depression.
Nearly 200 female Louisiana lawyers have signed a petition urging the state’s two US Senators to vote against the Supreme Court Nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, saying he lacks the temperament necessary of a federal judge. Baton Rouge Attorney Jill Craft says Kavanaugh lacks the temperament of Justices like Neil Gorsuch.
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Senator’s Kennedy and Cassidy praised the judge, and say they plan on voting to confirm him tomorrow.
Congressman Ralph Abraham says the US has sealed the deal on a huge rice sell to Iraq. Don Molino has more.
Drag Queen Story Time in Lafayette will not take place as scheduled tomorrow after South Louisiana Community College backed out of hosting the event citing crowd and safety concerns. The program, where Drag Queens were set to read stories to kids about accepting their LGTBQ classmates, has now been indefinitely postponed by the Lafayette Public Library as a result. The event organizers, an UL Lafayette fraternity have indicated they will possibly seek out a new location.