Tropical Depression Nine has formed in the western Caribbean. The National Hurricane Center expects this system will likely become Hurricane Ida or Julian when it enters the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday, and a Louisiana landfall is highly likely. Governor John Bel Edwards says he’s concerned about how quickly this storm could come together…
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Edwards says this tropical depression has a chance to strengthen rapidly once it enters the Gulf of Mexico…
Edwards advises Louisianans to visit get-a-game-plan-dot-org. Friday is the one-year anniversary of when Laura made landfall.
The AP obtained disturbing body camera footage from 2019 showing a State Police Trooper savagely beating a Black man in Monroe during a traffic stop. Aaron Bowman is shown being pummeled with a flashlight 18 times by Trooper Jacob Brown. Bowman’s Attorney Donecia Banks-Miley says Bowman suffered a broken wrist, jaw, and ribs as a result.
Troopers accused Bowman of resisting arrest.
23-year old Davonta (Dah-von-tah) Verret was arrested in Mississippi this morning for the shooting death of 8-year old Treyce (Trace) Bryant of Houma last March. Houma Police Chief Dana Coleman says Bryant, who was in the car with her mother was never the intended victim, Verret was involved in a dispute with another man.