Over a foot of rain fell over parts of Lake Charles and Baton Rouge yesterday as a result of a slow-moving storm system. State Climatologist Barry Keim says Lake Charles is once again dealing with storm damage…
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Another four to six inches of rain could fall today across the I-10 and I-12 corridor.

Today the full House is expected to vote on whether recreational marijuana use should be legalized. JMC Analytics pollster John Couvillion says he polled voters in nine Republican-held districts and he found even Evangelicals and older voters backed the legislation…
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The full House convenes at 2 PM.

The Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office says they’ve charged 39-year-0ld Angela Lirette of Houma with Human trafficking, after allegedly forcing a juvenile into sexual encounters with boys. Sheriff Tim Soignet says Lirette allegedly made contact with several different teenage males by pretending to be a teenage female on multiple social media websites…
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Lirette is in jail on a one-million-dollar bond.

Disney Plus will produce a 40-million dollar film at Celtic Studios in Baton Rouge. The feature film is called Crater and Celtic Director of Studio Operations Aaron Bayham says the plot is described as a “futuristic teen adventure’….
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Bayham says the film production is expected to employ 325 crew members and 400 extras.