The National Weather Service has issued tornado watch for 27 parishes in the entire western and central portions of Louisiana until 4pm this afternoon as a strong line of storms moves in today. A large portion of Louisiana is under a flash flood watch until late tonight. Forecasters say heavy rainfall amounts of 2-3 inches are possible with locally higher amounts of up to 5 inches. The entire state is under a wind advisory.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Louisiana ranked number two nationally for worker safety in 2014. Eric Gill reports…
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Natchitoches Mayor Lee Posey has banned the Confederate battle flag from their annual Christmas Parade. Every year The Sons of Confederate Veterans have participated in the parade for 20 years but aren’t going this year because of the exclusion of the flag. Holly Stave with Northwestern State University says she agrees with Mayor Posey…:
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But a local shop owner, Dakota Scoggins, says this is a political move that is stomping on decades old heritage and should have never even been brought up.

The Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles is once again reminding people to make sure their record is clear if they’ve got an outstanding fine because they’ve let their auto insurance lapse at one point. State Police Col. Mike Edmonson says there are about a million cases that haven’t been resolved..
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Edmonson says they’ve collected about 8.1-million dollars and cleared about 55 thousand notices.