A huge change in weather is on the way across the state. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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Monroe police are investigating a triple homicide where one of the victims was a two-year-old girl. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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It’s finally going to start feeling like fall this week. A cold front is coming through the lower Mississippi Valley today; and State Climatologist Jay Grymes says that will bring a huge change in temperatures.
Grymes says temperatures will drop significantly behind this cold front, so you will want to break out that jacket as you make your way to school or work in the morning.
Grymes says the state could also be in for a little precipitation.
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Grymes says by the weekend, parts of the state will be back into the 70s, so enjoy the cooler temperatures while you can.
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Hurricane Melissa is shaping up to be one of the most devastating storms in history. It made landfall in Jamaica as a Category Five hurricane, packing maximum sustained winds of 185 miles an hour. Retired Army Lieutenant General Russel Honore, who led the response in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina, says the top priority is to help the people who couldn’t evacuate from the island.
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Honore says the United Nations will be coordinating the relief effort. He says some private organizations are ready to help, including one from Louisiana.
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To put Melissa’s strength in perspective, when Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana 20 years ago, its winds were 125 miles an hour, making it a Category Three storm. As such, by the time Melissa passes, the damage will be mind-boggling. Honore says it could take many years for Jamaica to recover.
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The Monroe Police Department is investigating a triple homicide. One of the victims was a two-year-old girl. Monroe Mayor Friday Ellis says they were gunned down in an overnight shooting on Grammont Street.
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The other two victims are adults
Monroe Police Chief Vic Zordan says they are offering a five-thousand dollar reward for information leading to the arrest of the shooter…
Zordan is urging people not to take justice in their own hands as he’s concerned about retaliatory shootings.
Ellis says this violent event will not be tolerated…
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Governor Landry wants to immortalize slain conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.
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Landry made that request following a Turning Point USA event on the LSU campus, which Kirk was scheduled to speak at, had it not been for his assassination back in September.
Landry’s request has garnered mixed reaction, with the majority of comments on his post on “X” in opposition – whether it be for Kirk’s political views or Kirk’s lack of connection to LSU or Louisiana.