The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has revised its hurricane forecast for this season and it’s now calling for 15-to-21 named storms, seven to ten hurricanes, and three to five major hurricanes. NOAA’s lead seasonal hurricane forecaster Matthew Rosencrans says the potential return of a La Nina favors storm development…
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The 2021 season has already produced five named storms.

The U-S Senate is working towards approving a one-point-two trillion-dollar infrastructure bill that Senator Bill Cassidy says will mean six billion dollars in funding for Louisiana. Cassidy says that’s enough money to fund several important highway construction projects…
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Ochsner Health is trying to help dispel vaccine misinformation for women of childbearing age. Brooke Thorington has more.
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LSU has told its students that if they are unvaccinated, they’ll have to test every month for COVID during the fall semester.

St. Tammany Parish Sheriff deputies say two juveniles were killed in a car crash just after midnight near Madisonville. Two other juveniles were also inside the vehicle and they were rushed to a nearby hospital.