Almost the entire state is currently under a Flash Flood Watch until 4pm this afternoon. The National Weather Service says heavy rainfall continues to push across Louisiana this morning and there’s potential for redevelopment of more storms throughout the watch area. NWS meteorologist Donald Jones says it looks like we’ll be dealing with some form of rain until tomorrow night…:
CUT 9 (10) “going to see”
The system is also causing power outages throughout the state. Entergy says they have about 1000 customers out. Cleco says about 400 of their customers are in the dark. A couple hundred Demco customers also don’t have power.

The Acadia Parish man who died after being pinned under a vehicle as he was removing the rims he’d just purchased has been identified. They say 54-year-old Paul Bourgeois of Church Point died when the jack gave way as he was taking off tigers of the car. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

An extremely tragic story out of Bossier City. A man apparently ran over his 14 month old daughter on accident as he was pulling out of the driveway according to police. Sgt. Brian Griffith says 28-year-old Damion Dacaldacal was looking for his kids to take them to daycare when he hit something with his truck — it was his one year old child. He says the father quickly called authorities…:
CUT 5 (13) “deceased”
There are no charges expected to be filed in this case.

The dispute over tests associated with Common Core is not over even after Governor Bobby Jindal and Education Superintendent John White’s meeting yesterday. Jindal’s office released a statement after the meeting with White which said it’s important the department of education follows state law when it comes to acquiring testing services. White says legal action may be needed to settle this impasse…:
CUT 15 (17) “on the test”
This all means there is no standardized test in place for the school year that starts in a few weeks.