Today is the start of the 2015 Hurricane Season and even though forecasters are calling for a below average season, state officials urge you to get prepared. Michelle Southern reports…

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The St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s Office says a motorcycle crash has taken the life of a Morgan City man. They say 25-year-old Trenton Helflin failed to negotiate a turn and left the roadway. His motorcycle then struck a utility pole and entered a waterway. Helflin was ejected from his bike and was pronounced dead at the scene. The investigation is ongoing, but authorities do not believe alcohol was a factor.

State lawmakers are looking at increasing title fees when a person purchases a new or used vehicle by another 50-dollars. Senate Transportation Chairman Robert Adley says the additional revenue will go towards State Police operations, so they can stop taking money away from a fund designed to pay for road and bridge work. Adley believes the rest of the legislature will go along with this proposal…

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The proposed title fee increase has been amended to a bill already passed by the House that’s awaiting a vote in the Senate.

The trial to determine the competency of Saints and Pelicans owner Tom Benson begins in New Orleans today. Last week a judge ruled that the proceedings are closed to the public, because a person’s medical records should not be known to the world. Legal analyst Tim Meche believes that’s a stretch…

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Benson’s heirs are asking that the 87-year-old be declared mentally unfit to manage his affairs.