Here on this first day of the 2015 Hurricane Season, the Colorado State University forecast team continues to predict tropical activity will be well-below average. Here’s Michelle Southern with more…:
CUT 1 (27) “reporting”

The LSU baseball team has advanced to the NCAA Super-Regionals, as they defeated UNC-Willimgton 2-0 this afternoon. The Tigers will host the game at Alex Box Stadium this weekend against the winner of the UL Lafayette-Rice game at the Houston Regional.
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The Red River is on the rise, and already some farmland and parks along the river are seeing some flooding, stemming from draining floodwaters in Texas and Oklahoma. The Red River will crest Saturday in Shreveport, then it will crest at close to 38 feet next Monday in Alexandria. That’s in the moderate flood category…
CUT 4 (08) Q: “considerable flooding”
That’s Montra Lockwood with National Weather Service in Lake Charles.

A recent Gallup Poll shows Louisiana has the third highest obesity rate in the country. At 33-percent, that tops the national average of nearly 28-percent. Pennington Biomedical Research Center Assistant Professor, Dr. Amanda Staiano (sty-AH-no), says the combination of rich food and sedentary lifestyles contribute to the problem…
CUT 9 (06) “the pounds off”
The City of Baton Rouge is listed as the most obese city in the nation with a rate of nearly 36 percent.