Strippers who dance in clubs in Louisiana will now have to be at least 21-years-old because of a new law that goes into effect today. Emelie Gunn has more…:
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Also today children won’t be ticketed for running a lemonade stand, fines for not buckling up are increased, and sex offenders can’t be door to door salesmen. Louisiana’s hate crime law has also been expanded today to include protections for police and other first responders. Drivers will also soon know where red light cameras are located under a measure requiring municipalities to post a sign within 500 feet of each camera.

A 5-year-old has died after a boating accident in Lafourche Parish. Adam Einck with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says 5-year-old Ethan Hancock and his father were frogging in the Intracoastal Waterway when they ran out of gas. He says the father tried paddling out, but two barges came too close to their mudboat, so they jumped into the water…:
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A 44-year-old man also drowned in Lafourche Parish over the weekend.

The National Hurricane Center continues to watch a tropical wave in the Caribbean Sea about 350 miles east-southeast of Kingston, Jamaica and moving in a westerly direction. It continues to show signs of organization and could become Tropical Storm Earl by day’s end.