Laura has developed into a hurricane and the National Hurricane Center expects Laura to strengthen into a Category Three storm and slam into southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas late Wednesday night or early Thursday morning. Governor Edwards says Laura’s track and potential strength is reminiscent of Rita and residents should take this storm seriously and that means no hurricane parties…
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Lake Charles is in the bullseye of Laura. Calcasieu Emergency Preparedness director Dick Gremillion says it’s not the winds that have them most concerned…
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All of Cameron Parish is under a mandatory evacuation order.

The statewide average gasoline price according to Gas-Buddy is $1.85 but we could see prices rise as oil platforms along the Texas and Louisiana coast shut down as a result of Hurricane Laura. Gasbuddy petroleum senior analyst Patrick DeHaan…
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Students are back in the classroom at LSU today for the first time since last March. LSU interim President Thomas Galligan told Talk Louisiana the Rec Center is also open at limited capacity, as is the student union and dining halls…
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The school has opened four on-campus rapid COVID-19 testing sites in an effort to quickly isolate those who are infected.