Governor Edwards is praising the state’s level of readiness in the face of Barry but reminds everyone the hurricane season just started. The Governor singled out some impressive feats, such as a record-breaking 900,000 sandbags distributed statewide. He says now is the time to figure out what residents can do even better…

Cut 13 (09) “as well.”
As of last night, seven-thousand Cleco customers were still without power, while Entergy has six-thousand customers impacted by outages.

A new program called Compete Louisiana aims to ease the burden of returning to college for those who went to school but didn’t receive a degree. University of Louisiana System President Jim Henderson says many of those adults find it harder to compete for jobs and they need to finish what they started.
Cut 7 (09) “…ability to compete.”
One in five adults in Louisiana went to college but left without a degree.

The Office of Juvenile Justice is set to apply for a bond to phase out two old, decaying youth prisons, with newer “Therapeutic Model” facilities. Matt Doyle has more.
Cut 1 (30) “I’m Matt Doyle.”

A former pledge educator at Phi Delta Theta took the stand on Monday and told the courtroom that Matthew Naquin had been warned to tone down his interaction with the pledges. Naquin has been charged with negligent homicide and obstruction of justice in the suspected hazing death of LSU fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver.