About 90 first responders from Louisiana have been deployed to Florida to assist with search and rescue operations that will likely occur along the panhandle as a result of Hurricane Michael. State Fire Marshal Butch Browning says a caravan of vehicles towing boats left their headquarters this morning…
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Hurricane Michael has made landfall this afternoon as a strong Category 4.
Mississippi says they pulled in 660,000 dollars in revenue from legalized sports betting in just the first month of casino operators taking bets. Metairie Senator Danny Martiny is a supporter of sports betting in Louisiana. Martiny says he plans on using the successes in other states as examples when he brings a new, more comprehensive sports gaming bill to the floor of the legislature next year.
A lawsuit alleging unconstitutional medical care for people incarcerated at Angola is underway in a federal court in Baton Rouge. The suit alleges inmates have become paralyzed, required amputations, and died from undiagnosed or untreated health problems. Executive Director of The Promise of Justice Initiative, Mercedes Montagnes…
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Montagnes does hope that a positive ruling, in this case, will see a change in the way Angola handles medical treatment. The Louisiana Department of Corrections says they do not comment on pending litigation.
Colorado State hurricane researcher Phil Klotzbach says today is the first time on record there are three Atlantic named storms with maximum sustained winds of at least 65 miles per hour in October. Klotzbach says there’s, of course, Hurricane Michael, but there’s also Hurricane Leslie and Tropical Storm Nadine in the middle of the Atlantic