Tropical Storm Gordon is eyeing a Mississippi coast landfall, sparing much of Louisiana. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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Governor Edwards says Gordon could deliver strong winds and heavy rain to St. Bernard, Plaquemines, St. Tammany and Washington Parishes. He says heavy rainfall in northeast Louisiana tomorrow is also possible…
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A contractor who has been accused of defrauding dozens of August 2016 flood victims in south Louisiana has been sentenced to four years in prison after he entered a guilty plea in a Livingston Parish courtroom. Matthew Morris plead guilty to one felony count of filing or maintaining false public records. He’s also been required to pay a total of over 84-thousand in restitution to victims….
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That’s legal analyst Tim Meche. Morris faces similar charges in four other parishes.

LSU football coach Ed Orgeron announced today that edge rusher K’Lavon Chaisson will miss the rest of the season after injuring his knee in the season opening win over Miami. Chaisson is the Tigers best pass rusher.

Bossier Parish deputies say they are looking for a man who made a clean getaway from Fred’s Store in Haughton. Surveillance video caught the suspect walking out of the store with five jugs of liquid detergent and two packages of toilet paper in a shopping cart without paying for the items.

Governor John Bel Edwards is asking Louisiana residents not to take Tropical Storm Gordon lightly, even though forecasters predict a landfall on the Mississippi coast. Edwards says Gordon still has the possibility of delivering strong winds and heavy rains to parts of southeast Louisiana. 350 members of the Louisiana National Guard have been activated and General Glenn Curtis says they can assist with high water rescues…
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St. Tammany Parish President Pat Brister has been in contact with weather officials and what the storm’s impact may have on them….
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Gordon’s maximum sustained winds are at 65 miles per hour.

Pineville Police Chief Don Weatherford says he’s disappointed with Sergeant Edric Smith who was arrested on a battery charge for an incident that happened during a youth softball game on the University of Louisiana at Monroe campus. Smith allegedly attacked an umpire, punching the official three times in the face. The 45-year-old sergeant was released on a one-thousand dollar bond.

A contractor indicted on 51 criminal counts in Livingston Parish for defrauding his customers following the 2016 flood has plead guilty. Matt Doyle has more.
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Tropical Storm Gordon looks more like a problem for Mississippi and Alabama, as the storm is expected to make landfall late tonight on the Mississippi Gulf Coast as a category 1 hurricane. Danielle Manning, with the National Weather Service in Slidell, says is expected to reach hurricane strength before landfall…

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But St. Tammany, Washington and Tangipahoa are among the parishes in the cone of uncertainty as Gordon moves closer to the northern Gulf Coast. St. Tammany President Pat Brister says St. Tammany government has been preparing for Gordon for most of the weekend and the public should do its part…

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Gordon will move into Northeast Louisiana tomorrow afternoon, where flash flood watches are in effect.

A contractor accused of ripping off customers across five parishes after the 2016 flood is being sent to prison and forced to repay 84,434 dollars to 11 Livingston Parish victims. 41-year-old Matthew Morris was indicted on 51 counts, but ended up pleading guilty to only one. Morris is still facing charges in Ascension, East Baton Rouge, St. John the Baptist, and Terrebonne Parishes, but Legal Analyst Tim Meche says there’s a likely reason why the first cases were tried in Livingston.

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Authorities say Morris would defraud victims and then place liens on their homes.

And now commodities.

In his first start as LSU’s quarterback, Joe Burrow did not turn the ball over and managed the offense well in the Tigers 33-17 win over Miami. The Ohio State transfer spoke with the media for the first time since arriving on the LSU campus….
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LSU entered Sunday’s game ranked 25th and should be ranked higher when the new polls are released today.

Louisiana Tech beat South Alabama 30-26 on Saturday, despite three interceptions thrown by Bulldogs Quarterback J’Mar Smith. Tech Head Coach Skip Holtz on a Shreveport radio station says Smith remains the guy to grow and develop and says two of the interceptions could be blamed on the receivers. Tech hosts Southern this Saturday. The Jaguars were blown out by 16th ranked TCU in their season opener.

After its big win over Kansas on Saturday, Nicholls State has moved to 10th in the F-C-S Coaches Poll. McNeese also moved up a few spots after beating Northern Colorado. The Cowboys are ranked 14th. The Colonels are at Tulane this Saturday. McNeese is at Houston Baptist.

The Saints have released veteran linebacker Nate Stupar, even though he had a productive preseason camp coming off a torn ACL last year. New Orleans needed to let Stupar go so they can sign former Patriots running back Mike Gillislee.

The Pelicans have signed restricted free agent guard Tyrone Wallace to an offer sheet. Wallace averaged nearly 10 points and 4 rebounds and two assists in 30 games with the Clippers last season. Los Angeles has a couple days to match the offer.

Alex Bregman hit his 28th home run yesterday as the Astros beat the Twins four to one. Houston continues to lead Oakland by 2.5 for first place in the A-L West.

Governor John Bel Edwards is holding a meeting with his Unified Command Group as Tropical Storm Gordon bears down on the northern Gulf coast. The National Hurricane Center says Gordon will likely make landfall late tonight on the Mississippi coast as a category one hurricane. Danielle Manning is with the National Weather Service in Slidell…
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St. Tammany is among the parishes in southeast Louisiana that could see some impact from Gordon. St. Tammany Parish President Pat Brister says they have been preparing for Gordon for most of the weekend and the public should do its part…
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The official forecast track has Gordon reaching northeast Louisiana as a tropical depression tomorrow.

A contractor accused of ripping off customers across five parishes after the 2016 flood will continue to serve prison time and he’s forced to repay 84-thousand dollars to 11 Livingston Parish victims. 41-year-old Matthew Morris was indicted on 51 counts, but ended up pleading guilty to only one. Legal Analyst Tim Meche says the state got what it needed to out of the case.
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Morris has received a four-year prison sentence and gets credit for time served.

Tropical Storm Gordon looks more like a problem for Mississippi and Alabama than Louisiana as the storm is expected to make landfall late tonight on the Mississippi Gulf Coast as a category 1 hurricane. Danielle Manning, with the National Weather Service in Slidell, says Gordon’s impact to Louisiana might be minimal…
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St. Tammany Parish President Pat Brister has been in contact with weather officials and what the storm’s impact may have on them….
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The state has activated 200 Louisiana National Guardsmen in case the storm produces flooding in the Bayou State.

Gordon expects to keep moving northwest once it makes landfall and it will be a tropical depression in northeast Louisiana tomorrow afternoon. A flash flood watch is in effect tomorrow for that part of the state.

STDs are on the rise in a big way across the country. Matt Doyle has the story.
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A contractor indicted on 51 criminal counts in Livingston Parish for defrauding his customers following the 2016 flood has plead guilty and will serve four years in prison, with credit for time served. District Attorney Scott Perrilloux also says 41-year-old Matthew Morris will pay some amount of restitution to the 11 victims in Livingston Parish.

Tropical Storm Gordon is expected to make landfall tonight, most likely along the Mississippi Gulf coast. State Climatologist Barry Keim….
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St. Tammany, Washington and Tangipahoa are among the parishes in the cone of uncertainty as Gordon moves closer to the northern Gulf Coast. St. Tammany President Pat Brister says 40-thousand sandbags were distributed yesterday as there’s the potential they could see three to five inches of rain…
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About 200 Louisiana National Guardsmen have been activated in the case flooding becomes a problem.

Once the storm makes landfall, it’s expected to stay on a northwest track and the center of the storm will be in northeast Louisiana tomorrow afternoon, possibly as a tropical storm.

Pineville Police Chief Don Weatherford says an internal investigation is underway into the arrest of Sergeant Edric Smith, who allegedly punched an umpire at a softball game on the University of Louisiana at Monroe campus. Smith’s daughter was playing in the game and Smith alleges the ump threatened his daughter, so he grabbed the official and punched him in the face repeatedly. Smith has been charged with battery of a recreation athletic official.

The CDC says there were nearly 2.3 million cases of STDs in America last year, an all-time record for the nation. And it’s not just STD rates that are raising eyebrows. New, antibiotic resistant STDs are becoming more prevalent, leaving doctors with few options for addressing what were once easily treatable diseases. Kanter says the public needs to rethink how it approaches antibiotic use.
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Tropical Storm Gordon is on it’s way to a projected landfall late tonight along the Mississippi Coast. Matt Doyle has more.
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Governor John Bel Edwards has declared a state of emergency in advance of Tropical Storm Gordon. Edwards says 200 National Guard troops have been activated….
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Gordon currently has maximum sustained winds of 65 miles per hour, about 190 miles east-southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River. It’s moving west-northwest at 15 miles per hour.

Louisiana reaches an agreement with the federal government on a financing plan in which the state will receive 650-million dollars in bonds to fund the widening of Interstate 10 in Baton Rouge, a new interchange on I-10 in Kenner at Loyola Drive and a new road from I-20 directly into Barksdale Air Force Base. DOTD Secretary Shawn Wilson says the state bond commission will have to pick an underwriter at its next meeting…
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The state will have to pay back the loan over the next 12 years.

In his first start as LSU’s quarterback, Joe Burrow did not turn the ball over and managed the offense well in the Tigers 33-17 win over Miami. The Ohio State transfer spoke with the media for the first time since arriving on the LSU campus….
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LSU entered Sunday’s game ranked 25th and should be ranked higher when the new polls are released today.

Tropical Storm Gordon continues to move towards the Northern Gulf Coast eyeing a landfall along the Mississippi Gulf Coast tonight, possibly as a hurricane. St. Tammany, Washington and Tangipahoa parishes are in the cone of uncertainty and State Climatologist Barry Keim says heavy rainfall is a threat…
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Governor John Bel Edwards says the forecast track of Gordon can easily shift west…
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Edwards has declared a state of emergency and 200 Louisiana National Guardsmen have been activated, if flooding becomes a problem. Gordon could also be still a tropical storm once it reaches northeast Louisiana tomorrow.

An agreement between the state and the federal government has been reached on a plan to borrow 650-million dollars for major roadway projects. DOTD Secretary Shawn Wilson says this particular agreement with the Federal Highway Administration is the first of its kind in Louisiana….
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The funding will go towards widening Interstate 10 in Baton Rouge, a new interchange on I-10 in Kenner at Loyola Drive and a new road from I-20 directly into Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier City.

According to the C-D-C, S-T-D rates in the US have hit a record high for a fourth straight year. Louisiana Department of Health regional medical director, Doctor Joseph Kanter, says we need to change the way we talk about S-T-Ds…
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