Hurricane Ian continues to intensify and it’s now a Category 2 storm with winds at 100 miles per hour. Ben Schott with NOAA says its path shows some uncertainty, but not enough to concern us in Louisiana.
Western Cuba is under a hurricane warning. Ian is moving North Northwest at 13 miles per hour but is forecast to make a Northeasterly turn as it moves into the gulf on Tuesday.
After Houma police say a woman threw her infant son off a bridge Friday. She’s now being held on attempted murder charges. Lt. Travis Theriot says when officers arrived at the Liberty Street Bridge around 5 PM they learned that 30-year Asha Randolph threw her 18-month-old child off the bridge into Bayou Terrebonne.
The child is expected to make a full recovery.
A federal judge will not block Louisiana’s plan to move about two-dozen troubled juvenile offenders from Bridge City Center for Youth in Jefferson Parish to the State Penitentiary at Angola. Civil rights attorneys and the parents of the children say teenagers should not be sent to Angola, but legal analyst Dane Ciolino says the state made a convincing argument to Judge Shelly Dick.
The state is looking to reduce the population at the Bridge City Center because of numerous escapes.
The Public Service Commission approves Entergy Louisiana’s plan to purchase power from four Louisiana solar “farms” scheduled to be up and running by 2024. Entergy President Phillip May says they will buy their electricity under 20-year agreements and it’s a big step forward for utility the provider with newer, cleaner energy sources.