Tropical Depression nine has formed in the Carribbean and the National Hurricane Center forecast track has the storm developing into a hurricane early next week and crossing over Cuba on Tuesday. The long range forecast shows a landfall on the western side of Florida on Wednesday. But Governor Edwards says Louisiana residents should still monitor the storm’s development over the weekend…
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Baton Rouge Police officials deny a media report that they did not call back a witness who claimed to see the fatal shooting of LSU student Allie Rice last Friday morning. Lt. Kevin Heinz….
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The Shed BBQ restaurant where Rice worked has raised 40-thousand dollars for the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for killing the 21-year-old from Ascension Parish.

Louisiana consistently ranks in the top ten among states with the highest rate of women murdered by men. Brooke Thorington asks a psychiatrist what prompts men to murder women.
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West Nile has infected enough Louisianans to rank us 4th highest in the U.S. for case counts. State Health Officer Dr. Joe Kanter says protect yourself and your home from mosquitos…:
CUT 21(07) “…your house.”
Five have died this year from Neuro-Invasive West Nile.