A southwest Louisiana man who raped and molested multiple children in the 1990s and then fled to the Midwest has been sentenced to life in prison. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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A Chicago woman was killed and three others injured in a Sunday morning shooting on Bourbon Street and New Orleans Police are looking for the suspected shooter seen on surveillance video wearing a gray and black hoodie. He is seen with another man and two women at the time of the shooting around 2 a.m. The New Orleans Police Department says a fight escalated leading to a “shootout” but the cause of the shooting remains under investigation. The woman who died was an innocent bystander in town celebrating your 33rd birthday.
Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple supports a change in how the National Hurricane Center rates the strength of hurricanes. Experts from the University of South Florida are proposing a system that would consider rainfall and storm surge in addition to wind speed. Temple says the proposed new rating system would better assist governments in deciding when to issue evacuation orders.
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With the new scale, a storm with two or more Category factors would be a Category Six storm.
LSU football suffered its first loss of the season to Ole Miss by a score of 24 -19. The Tigers were unable to move the ball during most of the evening, totaling just 254 total yards of offense. LSU was only 2 for 11 on third downs. Head coach Brian Kelly said the coaching staff has to do a better job of putting the players in position to convert.
The Tigers rushed for only 57 yards against one of the worst rush defenses in the nation.