Louisiana residents should plan for a potential hurricane to hit the state on Wednesday. The National Hurricane Center is forecasting that Tropical Storm Laura, which is currently over Puerto Rico, will reach the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday and strengthen into a hurricane…
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That’s Tim Destri, with the National Weather Service in Slidell, who says Tropical Storm Marco in the Caribbean appears to be more of a threat to Texas.

A Baton Rouge man who killed a woman in a high-speed wreck last year 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 had no criminal or mental health history before he was hit with paranoid schizophrenia…
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Stephanie Payne was stopped at a Baton Rouge intersection in July of 2019 when Jordan slammed his vehicle into hers at over 90 miles per hour.

We are waiting on State Police to report more information on last night’s officer-involved shooting in Lafayette. There’s video on social media that looks like officers firing several shots at a black man holding a knife outside of a gas station. No word on the identity of the man or his injuries.

Monday is the first day of school for LSU students and they will to get used to a New Normal. Matt Doyle has the story.
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