We’ve got quite an active weather pattern headed this way as a tropical disturbance moves inland later tonight. LSU Health Climatologist Barry Keim says the biggest threat is lots of rain…:
Cut 9 (09) “inches or more”

DOTD says we need to be extra careful on the roads. Andrew Greenstein reports:
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State lawmakers heard from school districts Tuesday who are concerned about Governor Landry’s plan for a two-thousand-dollar pay bump for teachers. The executive order calls for the state to reduce public school funding by nearly $170 million dollars to cover the cost. Alexandria Senator Jay Luneau said most districts have the money and the legislature would have to help those who don’t:
Cut 11 (06) “folks some money”
Lawmakers have until next Tuesday to vote on the order.

A sting operation results in the arrests of ten people, including a St. Mary Parish corrections deputy. Sheriff Gary Driskell says investigators launched “Operation Bear Trap” after getting information that 49-year-old Earnest Ladday (luh-DAY) was bringing contraband into the jail and giving it to certain inmates, allegedly:
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No bail has been set for Ladday or his alleged co-conspirators at this time.