Flash Flood Watches and Warnings have been issued across north Louisiana. In Ruston, flooding claimed the life of an 11-year-old boy, as the car he was riding in was swept away by flood waters. The driver escaped; while another 7 year-old occupant was found clinging to a tree sometime later. He’s in stable condition.

The state senate begins the process of approving House-approved bills that raise an estimated 615-million dollars in state revenues. Jeff Palermo has the story….
CUT 2 (30) “reporting”
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A South Louisiana apparent murder for hire plot has four people arrested. Sixty four year-old Hamid Ghassemi allegedly hired 33-year-old Daniel Richter of Walker, along with 17-year-old Skyler Williams and 20-year-old Tyler Ashpaul, both of Denham Springs to kill his wife, 54 year-old Tahereh Ghassemi. (Authorites found her body in St. Helena Parish, and did some quick work after that…)
CUT 11 (09) Q: “her body”
That’s State Police Col. Mike Edmonson who says the ex-husband paid the other three 10 thousand dollars to kill his wife.

Governor Bobby Jindal has formed an exploratory committee in efforts to help him in deciding whether or not to make a presidential run…
CUT 8 (10) Q: ‘the poll numbers’
That’s Michael Henderson, Director of LSU’s Public Policy Research Lab.