Lafayette saw multiple large demonstrations over the weekend against the Lafayette Police shooting of 31-year-old Trayford Pellerin. The protests erupted after a witness video of the incident was released…
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President Trump signs a federal emergency declaration for Louisiana ahead of an expected one-two punch from Tropical Storm Marco and Hurricane Laura this week. Matt Doyle has more.
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Entergy Louisiana has 3,400 storm workers in place across the state’s coastal areas ready to restore power following the impacts of Marco and Laura. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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There were multiple large protests in Lafayette over the weekend against the Friday night police killing of 31-year-old Trayford Pellerin.
A video shows officers following and shooting Pellerin, who was walking with a knife. NAACP Lafayette President Mardja Broussard says there had to be a better way for police to handle this…
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The video appears to show Lafayette police shouting for Pellerin to stop before they begun tazing him to no effect. As he began entering a convenience store at least ten shots were fired, seemingly into Pellerin’s back.
Lafayette Mayor-President Josh Guillory has released a statement in support of the officer’s actions. Broussard calls Guillory a racist mayor.
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The incident is now being investigated by State Police.
Broussard notes this is the third Lafayette Police officer-involved shooting in the last five months.
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State Police say the officers were responding to reports of a disturbance at a nearby convenience store when they first approached Pellerin and attempted to taze him. They say he then fled half a mile to the next store before the final, fatal confrontation.
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Governor Edwards warns Louisiana is set to take a one-two punch from Tropical Storm Marco and Hurricane Laura.
Edwards says the timing of these two storms will create a uniquely difficult search and rescue and power restoration scenario.
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Edwards says if your power goes out work to begin restoring it may not be able to begin until later this week.
Edwards thanked President Trump for signing off on his request for a federal emergency declaration.
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Edwards cautioned that the Hurricane Center now says Laura could be a category three hurricane when it makes landfall Wednesday afternoon, and the cone of uncertainty covers all of southwest and central Louisiana.
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Marco is set to begin impacting the southern portion of the state Monday afternoon, and the effects of Laura are expected to be felt Wednesday.
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Entergy Louisiana has put teams in place across the state’s coastal areas as residents brace for the impacts of Marco and Laura. Customer Service Vice President Melanie Stewart says there are many complexities that come with preparing for different scenarios with a double storm impact.
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Stewart says with the abundant amount of variables, their team is going to be working twice as hard and customers may need to practice some patience if power is lost.
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Stewart says there are also logistical challenges that come with COVID-19 spread mitigation measures being incorporated into response operations that may slow things down.
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Stewart says call and report a downed powerline and never try to handle it yourself as the line may still have electricity going to it.
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The Louisiana coast is preparing for the double impact of tropical cyclones this week with the first landfall expected later this evening from Tropical Storm Marco. State Climatologist Barry Keim says this storm may have weakened in wind intensity last night, but it’ll still be bringing with it storm surge and possible severe weather in outer bands.
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Keim says we should have a better idea of what to expect from Laura after its interaction with land as it moves through the Carribean.
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Keim says with two storms impacting within such close proximity, the weather community has had quite a challenge in developing forecasts for these storms as well as figuring out how they might influence each other.
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Louisiana Tech football coach Skip Holtz calls the three-way battle for starting quarterback a healthy competition. Holtz is impressed with how much respect Aaron Allen, Luke Anthony and Westin Elliot have respect for each other as they compete. Redshift sophomore Aaron Allen says they push each other to get better
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Senior Westin Elliot has been on campus since 2017 and says whoever wins the job will be able to lead the Bulldogs to victories…
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Luke Anthony a graduate transfer from Abilene Christian is the third quarterback in the competition. The Dallas native was a three-year starter for the Wildcats and says he had interest from Power five schools, but knew La Tech was for him…
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The Saints are less than three weeks from the season opener against Tampa Bay and so far so good when it comes to keeping COVID-19 out of the building. Coach Sean Payton says he’s even surprised that the team has stayed virus free
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Drew Brees did not practice yesterday. The 41-year-old worked on throwing the deep ball during the offseason with his personal trainer, Todd Durkin. Payton says he’s seen a difference
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