Invest 92 in the southwestern Gulf has nearly a 100-percent chance of tropical development over the next 48 hours. National Weather Service Meteorologist Jacob Zeringue says it’s possible this disturbance could become Hurricane Isaias (eee-sah-EE-ahs)….

Cut 13 (11) “..of the season”

A potential landfall between southeast Louisiana and Florida is also possible.

The U-S Energy Department awards Entergy 13-point-seven million dollars to strengthen grid reliability.  Kristen Granier (GRAHN-yay), the director of federal infrastructure policy at Entergy, says with this federal funding, they can deploy advanced dynamic line rating technology across more than one-thousand miles of transmission lines, which will unlock at least a 25-percent increase in available power capacity…

Cut 5 (14) “…about 50-percent”

A frenzied Superdome crowd was silenced last night as the Saints fell to the Falcons 45-24 on the 20th anniversary of the team’s return to the Dome after Katrina.

Cut 1 (35) “…I’m Kace Kieschnick.”

Allegiance Health Management has announced its selling four of its hospitals in Louisiana. They are the Minden Medical Center, the Northern Louisiana Medical Center in Ruston, Acadian Medical Center in Eunice and the Mercy Regional Center in Ville Platte. It’s unknown who will be the new owners of these medical facilities.