Two tropical storms are headed to the Gulf of Mexico….
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That’s Mike Steele, spokesperson for the governor’s office of homeland security and emergency prepardness. Steele says Tropical Storm Laura is the bigger threat to Louisiana. The National Hurricane Center says Laura is expected to make landfall as a hurricane somewhere along Lousiana’s coast on Wednesday. While Tropical Storm Marco appears more of a threat to Texas and it might not reach hurricane status.

A Baton Rouge man who killed a woman in a high-speed wreck last summer after he says God told him to kill himself is found not guilty by reason of insanity. 19-year-old Jack Jordan’s attorney, James Manasseh, says Jordan’s next court hearing is in October.
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Jordan has been in a mental hospital since his vehicle at 90 miles per hour slammed into Stephanie Payne’s car as it was stopped at a Baton Rouge intersection in July of 2019.

Colleges and universities will publicly report on-campus COVID-19 case data each week with the total weekly tally of cases appearing on the state’s COVID-19 dashboard. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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State Police is investigating an officer involed shooting last night in north Lafayette at a gas station. Officers responded to a disturbance at a gas station and the subject who was shot ended up walking to another gas station, where he was a shot. There’s no word on his condition or whether he had a weapon.