The Atlantic Hurricane Season begins today and emergency preparedness leaders say the time is now to get a plan in place. Brooke Thorington has more…
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The National Hurricane Center says there’s a high chance a large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms located over the Yucatan Peninsula will develop into at least a tropical depression over the next 48 hours. The system is expected to track towards Florida this week and avoid Louisiana.

Authorities have identified the elderly woman killed moments after watching her grandson graduate from Morris Jeff High School during a ceremony on Xavier University’s campus. 80-year-old Augustine Greenwood was a mother of six and a grandmother of 15 children. New Orleans Police Deputy Superintendent Christopher Goodly says the grounds around the graduation were well-secured…
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Goodly says a fight between two families sparked the shooting. No arrests have been made.

New Orleans physician Doctor Mark Alain Dery has been in Ukraine for the last three weeks, helping to train doctors and nurses in that country under siege by Russian forces on how to respond to injuries found on a battlefield…
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Ukraine says at least 243 children have died since the Russian invasion began and nearly two-thousand educational institutions have been damaged.

For the second time in less than two weeks, a high school graduation ceremony is marred by gunfire. David Grubb has more…
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A judge has sentenced 29-year-old Tre’Veon Demarcus Anderson of Shreveport to life in prison for killing Shreveport police officer Chateri Payne in January of 2019. Anderson was found guilty of planning and executing the murder of Officer Payne as she was getting ready to go to work. Their two-year-old child was inside the home at the time.

A second Senate committee is set to hear a bill that would allow non-felon adults to conceal carry a gun without the need of a permit or training. The bill has been approved by the House and a Senate Judiciary Committee. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says for this legislation to receive a second hearing by a Senate Committee, someone is attempting to keep the bill from passing…
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In Ukraine, New Orleans physician Doctor Mark Alain Dery is assisting with medical evacuations and also training first responders on how to treat civilians severely wounded from military strikes….
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Dery says there are numerous documented cases of Ukrainian civilians being attacked by Russian soldiers along with evidence of war crimes.

Today marks the beginning of the Atlantic Hurricane Season and with another active season predicted, emergency preparedness leaders say now is the time to prepare. Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness spokesperson Mike Steele…
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LSU is predicting there will be five named storms in the Gulf this year.

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine rages on, New Orleans physician Dr. MarkAlain Dery (pronounced as Mark Allen Dairy) is assisting those in need of being medically evacuated. Dery says he’s been in Ukraine for about three weeks now.
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Dery is also educating healthcare providers how to treat civilians severely injured in the conflict.

After passing in the House and a Senate committee, a so-called Constitutional Carry bill gets re-assigned to a second committee hearing. Kevin Gallagher reports on what that may mean…:
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