Tropical Storm Claudette, which formed early this morning has moved inland. At the 7 AM advisory from the National Hurricane Center, the center of Claudette was 30 miles north of New Orleans. Mississippi and Alabama are getting most of the rain, but homes have been flooded in Slidell. About 10 inches of rain fell in the St. Tammany Parish city. Multiple people had to be rescued as the water rose. Slidell Police say several side streets are still covered by water.

State Police has charged an Avoyelles Parish man with vehicular homicide after he was involved in a head-on crash on Louisiana Highway One yesterday afternoon that killed 63-year-old Arlene Juneau of Baton Rouge. LSP says they are still investigating why 42-year-old Kenneth Normand’s vehicle crossed the center line. Impairment is a suspected factor. Normand sustained moderate injuries from the wreck. Juneau was pronounced dead at the scene.

Governor John Bel Edwards has signed legislation that will increase the price for recreational and commercial hunting and fishing licenses. The proposal was opposed by commercial fishermen who say they’ve already taken a beating from the pandemic, but Prairieville Representative Tony Bacala says their fee increase will be phased in from July 2022 through 2024 and it is not steep.
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The rising price for licenses will generate 17 million dollars a year for the fiscal year that begins in 2022.

A bill to legalize recreational marijuana did not make it to the governor’s desk this year. But Governor Edwards expects that will happen before his term ends in 2023…
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