It’s been a hot summer and it appears there’s no relief in sight. The Climate Prediction Center predicts above average temperatures for the next three months. State climatologist Barry Keim says 2016 has a chance to be one of the warmest on record…
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Keim says the long-range prediction also calls for less rainfall from August to October.

Former state lawmaker Rick Gallot has been picked as the new president of Grambling State. Gallot says one of the first things he wants to do is to restore the university’s undergraduate nursing program….
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Gallot also plans on having the job for awhile. Grambling has had 10 different presidents in the last 25 years.

Natchitoches Police say no charges will be filed at this time regarding the shooting death of a 15-year-old. The teenager was shot several times in a parking lot on Sunday afternoon. Police say he was in possession of an AK-47 style weapon at the time of the shooting and the shooter, a 21-year-old man, told authorities he fired his weapon when he was approached by the 15 year-old who is now dead. The District Attorney’s office is reviewing the case.

Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand says one of his deputies used lethal force on a man after he pointed a handgun at him. The officer-involved shooting occurred around midnight last night. Deputies were on the scene after a report came in about two suspicious suspects.

In the US Senate race….State Treasurer John Kennedy has received the endorsement of former governor Buddy Roemer, while US Representative Charles Boustany picks up an endorsement from Ag Commissioner Mike Strain.