Tropical Storm Beta is expected to become a hurricane on Sunday as it moves towards the Texas coastline. Beta is currently moving north at 8 miles per hour and is expected to turn west towards the central Texas coast. The five-day forecast track has Beta turning northeast as it gets close to the coast and move towards Louisiana. Eventually the center of Beta will be south of Lake Charles early Thursday morning as a tropical storm. A tropical storm watch is up as far east as Morgan City and a storm surge watch has been issued as far east as Cameron.
A federal judge orders the state to use the summer election plan for the fall election, and that means we could see more absentee ballots than usual. Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin warns we won’t know the election results in Louisiana for the November 3rd election until at least the 4th. Ardoin says that’s because mail-in ballots take longer to count, and…
State Senator Bill Cassidy issues a statement on the passing of Chief Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Cassidy says “Justice Ginsburg’s death adds to the tragedies of 2020. While Americans mourn, we can also celebrate her pursuit of justice, her service to country and the gracious resilience with which she lived.” Ginsburg was 87.
A Caddo Parish grand jury indicts four Shreveport cops on negligent homicide charges linked to the April death of a mentally ill man, 44-year-old Tommie McGlothen Jr. Officers arrested McGlothen April 5th and after McGlothen was handcuffed video revealed that he was severely beaten and tased, and left for 48 minutes without aid. Family attorney James Carter…
The four police officers were also charged with malfeasance. A trial date has not been set.