State Police have been called to investigate the officer involved shooting that happened in Plaquemine right before one o’clock. Iberville Parish Sheriff Brett Stassi says a deputy was responding to shots fired at a home on LA 77 between the Indian River Bridge and Grosse Tete. Officials say a man came out of the home and pulled a gun out of his waistband and that’s when he fired and hit the man. The man was taken to a local hospital.

The Department of Children and Family Services is introducing an initiative to improve foster care redefining caregivers roles. DCFS Secretary Marketa Garner Walters says our children deserve the best that we can give them, and that doesn’t always happen when they are in the child welfare system. She’s optimistic this can give foster kids much needed love and support.
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Enrollment in the expanded Medicaid is surpassing goals set by the Louisiana Department of Health. LDH Secretary Rebekah Gee says improving health outcomes benefits the state in many ways because healthy people make for better workers and happier citizens.
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NOAA released an updated Atlantic hurricane outlook and predicts this still will be the strongest since 2012. Lead Seasonal hurricane forecaster Dr. Gerry Bell says there is a lot of activity ahead for this season. He says it’s time to prepare since we’re we’re entering peak hurricane season.
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He says we’re now expecting a 70-percent change of 12 to 17 named storms, 5 to 8 of those are expected to become hurricanes and 2 to 4 of those are expected to become major hurricanes.