The National Hurricane Center is tracking an area of disturbed weather in the Bahamas that’s expected to move into the Gulf of Mexico early next week. There’s a medium chance it will develop into a depression or named storm in the central or western Gulf of Mexico. State Climatologist Barry Keim says the system is getting support from the extremely warm Gulf Waters, but it will also battle wind shear…
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In Washington Parish, a 72-year-old Franklinton man was killed in a house fire on Thursday that investigators believe started from burning piles outside of the home. State Fire Marshal spokesperson Ashley Rodrigue says the investigation into the death of the individual and what may have caused the fire continues.
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A statewide burn ban remains in effect.

New data from the federal government shows 407-thousand workers in Louisiana left their job during the first six months of this year, the highest number ever for the first half of a year. Pierson Luscy has more…
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Governor John Bel Edwards says the state’s unemployment rate in July was three-point-five percent, that’s the lowest the unemployment rate has ever been for the month of July. Edwards says the bipartisan work to grow and diversify the economy and create jobs is paying off.