The National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration has released its 2016 Atlantic Hurricane season forecast. NOAA Administrator Dr. Kathryn Sullivan says there is a 70-percent chance of 10 to 16 named storms during this season….
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Sullivan admits this year’s forecast is challenging because of various of factors related to sea surface temperatures and how strong La Nina and its impacts will be.

A south Louisiana woman who is pregnant is arrested after authorities learn she had a sexual relationship with a juvenile. Thibodaux police corporal David Melancon says the victim and his mother came forward when they learned 24-year-old Alison Thibodaux was pregnant…
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An Allen Parish man is dead after he was attacked by a large swarm of bees while walking in an Arizona park. Maricopa Country Sheriff’s Deputy Joauquin Enriquez says 23-year-old Alex Bestler of Elton was completely covered in bees when first responders arrived on the scene….
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Enriquez says an examination of Bestler’s body showed over 1,000 bee stings.

A popular thing to do this Memorial Day weekend is to grill. CEO of the Cattle Producers of Louisiana Dave Foster says there’s a good supply of beef at your local grocery store and prices are not as high as previous summers. He says hamburger meat will be very popular….
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US government forecasters say we can expect a near normal 2016 Atlantic Hurricane Season. NOAA administrator Doctor Kathryn Sullivan says they are predicting 10 to 16 named storms, after three relatively slow years. Sullivan says El Nino, which hinders tropical storm development, is dissipating and the Climate Prediction Center is forecasting a 70-percent chance a La Nina will form…
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Baton Rouge Police have arrested a teenager in the murder of East Feliciana Parish School Board member Broderick Brooks. Brooks was found dead from multiple gunshot wounds in his vehicle earlier this week. 19-year-old Jacquez Tremaine Griffin was charged with first-degree murder and Baton Rouge Police corporal L’Jean MckNeely says a motive is still not known…
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Brooks’ murder has shocked those who knew him East Feliciana Parish.
The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for 12 parishes in central and southwest Louisiana until nine o’ clock tonight. Radar indicates a strong line of storms moving into the Bayou State from Texas. The cities of Lake Charles, Alexandria and Natchitoches are included in the watch box.

The stock of beef is plenty for those planning on grilling this Memorial Day weekend. Michelle Southern has more…
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An Allen Parish man was killed by a swarm of bees in an Arizona park. Jeff Palermo spoke with Maricopa County Sheriff’s Deputy Joaquin Enriquez …
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A Houma man has been arrested on 37 counts of child pornography involving Juveniles under the age of 13. 29-year-old Nollie Verrett was charged after being investigated by Attorney General Jeff Landry’s Cyber Crime Unit. Verrett was booked into the Lafourche Parish Jail.

The National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration has released its 2016 Atlantic Hurricane season forecast and NOAA Administrator Dr. Kathryn Sullivan says there is a 70-percent chance of 10 to 16 named storms during the season. She admits this year’s forecast is challenging because of various factors related to sea surface temperatures and how strong La Nina and its impacts will be…
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The average season typically includes around 12 named storms.

A pregnant Thibodaux woman has been arrested for having a sexual relationship with a juvenile. Thibodaux Police Cpl. David Melancon says 24-year-old Alison Thibodaux had an inappropriate relationship with a teenager, which ended in December.
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The National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration has released its 2016 Atlantic Hurricane season forecast. NOAA Administrator Dr. Kathryn Sullivan says there is a 70-percent chance of 10 to 16 named storms during this season….
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Sullivan admits this year’s forecast is challenging because of various of factors related to sea surface temperatures and how strong La Nina and its impacts will be.

A 23-year-old man from Allen Parish was killed when attacked by a large swarm of bees while hiking in a park in Arizona. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Deputy Joaquin Enriquez says a law enforcement officer tried to rescue Alex Bestler of Elton from the aggressive bees…
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But Enriquez says despite those efforts Bestler was pronounced dead after he was stung over one-thousand times.

An arrest has been made in the murder of East Feliciana School Board Parish member, Broderick Brooks, who was found dead in his vehicle in north Baton Rouge last week. Cpl. L’Jean Mckneely says 19-year-old Jaquez Griffin has been charged with first degree murder….
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McKneely says a motive is still under investigation.

Former Sulphur police officer Brian Theirbach has been sentenced to one-year supervised probation for shooting a dog while responding to a call in April 2014. The dog owner’s said his dog was not aggressive and the shooting was unwarranted. Thierbach pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor animal cruelty charge.

NOAA is predicting we’ll see between 10-to-16 named storms during the 2016 hurricane season. Federal forecasters believe we’ll also see between four to eight hurricanes with one to four major hurricanes. During an average season, we see 12 named storms, six hurricanes and three major hurricanes.

A Louisiana man is dead after he was stung by one-thousand bees while hiking in a Phoenix-area park. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Deputy Joaquin Enriquez says 23-year-old Alex Bestler of Elton and a friend were attacked without warning by a swarm of bees. He says Bestler’s friend was able to escape into a bathroom, but Bestler was overcome by the swarm….
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Enriquez says Bestler was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. An examination of his body showed over 1,000 bee stings.

La-politics-dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford says the call for a second special session could be released by Governor John Bel Edwards as early as today. Edwards wants a special session in June, so lawmakers can address the state’s 600-million dollar revenue shortfall. Alford says proposed changes to personal income taxes could be part of the call….
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The regular session ends June 6th and the special session could begin as early as that night.

If a person targets a uniformed officer just because that person is a police officer, it could result in a hate crime under a new law signed by Governor Edwards. The author of the legislation, Alexandria Representative Lance Harris, says this is long overdue…
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Louisiana is the first state to classify attacks against first responders as a hate crime.

The Edwards administration has told the Senate Finance committee that the changes the House made to next fiscal year’s budget are unacceptable. Legislators have been struggling with how to fund state services, because of a 600-million dollar shortfall. Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne says the House’s attempt to shift money around will not work…
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One of Dardenne’s biggest concerns is with how the House shifted dollars around to put more money towards the TOPS Scholarship.

Because of these budget difficulties, Governor Edwards is planning to call another special session. La-politics-dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford says hints have been dropped on how to increase state revenues and avoid cuts to critical services…
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Governor Edwards has signed the Blue Lives Matter Bill into law, which makes Louisiana the first in the nation to expand its hate crime laws to protect police, firefighters and EMS crews. Author of the legislation, Alexandria Representative Lance Harris says the new law allows prosecutors to seek tougher penalties against individuals who intentionally target first responders because of their profession.
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President of the Louisiana NAACP, Ernest Johnson says this law is just a knee jerk reaction to the Black Lives Matter campaign and unnecessary.
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Five other states have tried to pass similar bills, but they all failed to pass.

An Allen Parish man from Louisiana died in Arizona after being stung more than 1,000 times by bees. The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office says 23-year-old Alex Bestler was hiking with some friends at a park when he was attacked by a swarm of bees. Deputies say his friends reported they tried to help Bestler, but they couldn’t because of the aggressive, massive swarm. He later died at a local hospital. The park is now closed.

Governor John Bel Edwards is trying to convince the Senate to put a stop to House amendments made to the budget bill. Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne told the Senate Finance committee that the spending plan put together by the lower chamber simply won’t due. One of the major changes the House made to HB1 was reallocating money towards TOPS and away from hospitals that provide care for the poor. Dardenne explained what would happen if TOPS was fully funded…:
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The Senate Finance committee is expected to approve its own version of the budget in the coming days.

Governor Edwards has signed the Blue Lives Matter Bill into law, which makes Louisiana the first in the nation to expand its hate crime laws to protect police, firefighters and EMS crews. But the Louisiana NAACP strongly opposes. President Ernest Johnson says if you classify hate crimes by occupation, everyone should be included…:
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Previous hate crime laws only included people on the basis of race, gender, religion, nationality, sexual orientation or affiliation with certain groups.

NOAA will issue its outlook for the 2016 hurricane season today. State climatologist Barry Keim says if this season does lean in one direction, it would probably lean towards a more active season because 2016 already produced Hurricane Alex in January…:
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The Blue Lives Matter bill has been signed into law by Governor John Bel Edwards, making Louisiana the first state to include police, firefighters and EMS in hate crime legislation. Jeff Palermo has more…:
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We’ll find out today what NOAA predicts for the 2016 hurricane season. State Climatologist Barry Keim says the forecast likely won’t call for an above average season, but The Bayou State should still be prepared…:
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Keim says an average season typically includes around 12 storms.

Governor John Bel Edwards is expected to issue the call for another special session any day now, according to Jeremy Alford, publisher of LaPolitics.com. Edwards has said a second session is needed to raise revenues to address a 600-million dollar budget deficit for next fiscal year. Alford says it’s likely lawmakers will not get a break from the State Capitol…:
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Alford says the special session may only last as long as two and a half weeks.

State Police say impairment is likely a factor in a Gonzales crash that claimed the life of a 57-year-old man. They say Brion Landry of Baton Rouge was riding his motorcycle at 2am, when it ran off the road and ejected he and his passenger. He sustained fatal injuries, the other occupant minor injuries. Troopers believe Landry was impaired.