Today marks the statistical peak of the Atlantic hurricane season and there are three hurricanes forecasters are watching. State Climatologist Barry Keim says sea surface temps are just right in the storm breeding grounds…
Cut 7 (07) “…near September 10th.”
None of the hurricanes are an immediate threat to the Gulf of Mexico, but the National Hurricane Center is monitoring an area in the northwest Caribbean Sea that has a 30-percent chance of developing into a tropical cyclone in the Gulf over the next five days.

The chances seem to be increasing Senator John Kennedy will run for governor next year. The Republican admits he’s spoken with a consultant and conducted an internal poll in a potential race against Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards. Kennedy says he disagrees with the direction Edwards is taking the state…
cut 6 (04) “….of government is”

Miss Louisiana Holli Conway of Monroe finished as a second runner up at last night’s Miss America Pageant. Nia Franklin won the pageant that for the first time didn’t include a swimsuit competition. Conway won the talent competition for a vocal performance.

A new report shows Southeastern Louisiana students graduate with less than debt than any other university in the state. S-E-L-U president John Crain says they have a program that ensures a student’s tuition will not go up…
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Grambling State students graduated with the most debt according to the report.