Tropical Storm Fred appears headed for the Florida Panhandle, but the Louisiana/Mississippi Line remains at the edges of the system’s cone of uncertainty. State Climatologist Barry Keim says Fred is likely to lose tropical storm status sometime today as it crosses the mountains in Hispaniola.
A shooting Sunday in Winnsboro has a 13-year-old girl fighting for her life and her mother facing charges. Franklin Parish Sheriff Kevin Cobb says Lachandra Jones was arguing with her daughter when the gun went off.
The victim was airlifted to LSU Shreveport and is listed in critical condition. Jones is charged with second-degree cruelty to a juvenile and illegal use of a weapon and is held on a $255-thousand bond.
LSU’s home opener is a month away and Director of Strategic Media for LSU Athletics Cody Worsham says despite the rise in Covid cases they are still a go for 100-percent capacity. Last season the football team was impacted by Covid-19 numerous times, but Worsham says the program has done a great job of getting players and coaches vaccinated.
Scammers are now using eviction scare tactics to steal from victims. President of the Better Business Bureau of South-Central Louisiana Carmen Million says she hears of scams daily that use a current situation, like the pandemic to prey on their next victim. Million says anyone is game and never assume you won’t be a victim.