Hurricane Danny has strengthened into a Category 2 storm but forecasters expect it to weaken as it spins towards the Caribbean. National Hurricane Center forecaster Jack Beven says the winds have increased to 105 miles an hour but that might be the peak…:
CUT 3 (05) “its intensity”
Beven says Danny is about to run into an area of upper level winds, which will cause it to slow down and most likely downgrade back to a tropical storm within the next couple of days.

If you’re planning to go west on I-10 between Baton Rouge and Lafayette over the next 60 days DOTD wants you to be ready for some delays. Starting today, asphalt will be laid on I-10 west between LA-415 in Port Allen to the Iberville Parish Line. Officials would urge motorists headed through that corridor to take US-190 as an alternate route. There will be no lane closures on LSU and Southern University football game weekends or on major holidays.

The state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries opened the fall shrimp season this week. Fisherman are reporting good catches so far off the Louisiana coast. But Louisiana Shrimp Association President Clint Guidry says the prices shrimpers are getting at the dock don’t look nearly as good as the shrimp…:
CUT 6 (11) “into this country”
He says, without federal government intervention, the entire shrimp industry could be destroyed.

The Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office says two women are in jail charged with exploitation of the infirmed for allegedly stealing $400,000 from the bank account of a 96 year old. 39-year-old Jennifer Smith of Shreveport and 39-year-old Alye Haralson of Stonewall are accused of using the elderly victim’s money for trips to Mexico, Las Vegas and several cruises.